A colorful Cowboy Caviar made with beans, corn, fresh vegetables, and a tangy lime dressing, with Maca powder stirred into individual servings.
A big thank you to Kelly, one of our loyal customers, for sharing this tasty and flexible Cowboy Caviar recipe. It is a fresh and easy way to incorporate Maca powder into your daily diet while allowing everyone at the table to customize their own serving.
Kelly’s Maca tip: Rather than adding Maca to the entire batch, Kelly stirs her usual amount into her individual portion just before eating. This allows her to adjust how much Cowboy Caviar she eats while still taking her full amount of Maca — and lets the rest of the family enjoy the recipe without Maca if they prefer.
Cowboy Caviar with Maca
A fresh bean, corn, and vegetable salad tossed with a tangy lime and red wine vinegar dressing, with Maca powder added to individual servings.
Salad / Side Dish
Add to Individual Serving
No Cooking Required
Refrigerate
Ingredients
- 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, drained
- 1 can (15 ounces) navy beans or other small white beans, drained
- 1 bag (12 ounces) frozen sweet corn
- 5 Roma tomatoes, seeds and pulp removed, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, seeds removed and chopped
- 1 red, orange, or yellow bell pepper, seeds removed and chopped
- 1 jalapeño pepper, seeds removed and chopped
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 1 avocado, chopped, optional
- Maca powder, your usual amount per individual serving
Dressing
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon jalapeño hot sauce, optional
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Combine the black beans, navy beans, corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapeño, red onion, and avocado if using in a large bowl.
- In a separate small bowl, combine the olive oil, red wine vinegar, lime juice, jalapeño hot sauce if using, sugar, salt, black pepper, and garlic powder.
- Pour the dressing over the Cowboy Caviar ingredients and toss or stir until thoroughly combined.
- Store the prepared Cowboy Caviar in the refrigerator.
- When ready to eat, spoon your desired amount into an individual bowl and stir in your usual serving of Maca powder until well combined with the dressing and tomato juices.
Make it your own: This recipe is very flexible. Can’t eat tomatoes? Substitute cucumbers. Don’t like beans? Leave them out. Have an extra tomato or some peas on hand? Add them in. Kelly typically eats 1–2 cups in the morning and mixes her Maca into her portion just before eating.
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