Serving:  4

Preparation time:  10minutes, plus cooling

Cooking time:  10 minutes

Ingredients

• 250 g (8 oz) green beans
• 375 g  (12 oz) courgettes, diced
• 475 g (15 oz) can black-eye beans, drained
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• salt and pepper

Directions

• Cut the green beans into 2.5 cm (1 inch) lengths and cook in lightly salted boiling water for 5 minutes.  Add the courgettes and cook for a further 5 minutes.  Drain thoroughly and place in a bowl with the black eye beans.

• Add the remaining ingredients, with salt and pepper to taste, while still warm and mix well to combine.  Leave to cool and serve with toasted slices of crusty bread, if liked.

Nutritional Information
NUTRITION FACT - Black eye beans have a high nutritional value and contain soluble dietary fibre, which helps to control the level of cholesterol in the blood.

• Carbohydrates -29g

• Protein -13 g

• Fat - 7g

• kj 927

• kcal 220