Soft Tacos with Corn Salsa

Serves 4

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hese vegetarian soft tacos are a great example of how you can use the Mediterranean Diet as a basis for different ethnic cuisines. Corn salsa is a wonderful way to use the best summer produce. I quickly sauté it for this recipe to help the flavors blend, but if you’re not in a hurry, skip the sauté and let the salsa stand for an hour or two. You should have half the salsa left over, which you can use as a topping for broiled fish the following day.

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons Napa Valley organic olive oil, divided
• 2 medium ears yellow corn, kernels cut off the cob
• ½ small red onion (about 1 cup), diced small
• 1 pound organic heirloom tomatoes, diced
• 1 large red or green jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, divided
• 2 15-ounce cans Natural Directions pinto beans, rinsed and drained
• ½ cup water
• 1 teaspoon McCormick organic ground cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon McCormick organic cayenne pepper
• 8 La Tortilla Factory handmade style yellow corn tortillas
• ½ cup chopped cilantro
• 1/4 cup crumbled Valbreso feta cheese

Instructions:


1. Heat one tablespoon olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the corn, onion, tomatoes and jalapeño. Cook for three or four minutes. Transfer to a bowl, season with salt and one tablespoon lime juice. Place salsa in the freezer to cool while you prepare the beans.

2. Wipe out the pan and heat remaining tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add pinto beans and water; season with cumin and cayenne. Cook until heated through, stirring occasionally. Transfer to a serving bowl and stir in remaining tablespoon of lime juice.

3. Meanwhile, heat stacked corn tortillas in the microwave by wrapping them all in damp paper towels and heating on high for 45-60 seconds.

4. Stir cilantro into salsa.

5. Place ¼ cup beans in each tortilla and top each with three tablespoons salsa and one generous teaspoon feta cheese.

2 tortillas with 1/2 cup beans, 6 tablespoons salsa and 2 teaspoons cheese contains: Calories Fat Saturated Fat Trans Fat Cholesterol Sodium Total Carbohydrate Dietary Fiber Sugars Protein Vitamin A Vitamin C Calcium Iron 400       9 g     2 g     0 g     150 mg  600 g     58 g     11 g     3 g     19 g     13% DV 22% DV 21% DV 10% DV