Better Slogan Needed 4 Your Future Spokesgal

Dear Beans:

I love you for three very specific reasons — you’re cheap, you’re healthy and you’re delicious!  You’re so near and dear to my heart and I love parading you around in pictures so much so that I’d actually like to name you like a pet (is that weird? How about “Ben the Bean”?). My love for you aside, there is no way in hell you’re going to catch me singing “beans, beans the magical fruit” during a commercial or wearing it on a t-shirt.

Yours truly,

Annabel

I had to start with this letter because I foresee being called “bean girl” or something based on the entries I’ve written and the one I’m about to write featuring, yea you guessed it, BLACK BEANS, and I wanted to make clear that you won’t find me posting YouTube videos of myself singing about beans and flatulence.  Just thought I’d throw that out there.

..but…beans are indeed a magical fruit… And after the rough weekend of paper writing I had, I needed a very satisfying and soul-warming meal:

My Baby Ben Wrap

Nutritional Content

• 1 cup refried fresh black beans – 220 cal, 0g fat, 12g fiber, 12g protein
• 1 oz non-fat feta cheese – 35 cal, 0g fat, 0 g fiber, 7g protein
• 1/4 avocado – 72 cal, 6.75 g fat, 4g fiber, <1 g protein
• A tad over ½ cup Trader Joe’s Organic broccoli slaw = 13 calories, 0 g fat, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein
• ½ of a Trader Joe’s “Clay Oven Baked Whole Wheat Lavash Bread” = 120 calories, 0.5 g fat, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein
• Total:  460 calories, 7.25 g fat (6.75 is healthy avocado fat – no worries, pals!), 19 g fiber, 25 g protein

I find meals that are this calorie and nutrient dense keep me full and satisfied for a long time, which is great!

Mmm health in a wrap!

So, what should we change the bean slogan/song to guys and gals?  Here are my top three:

1.    Beans. Good for the body, good for the wallet.
2.    Beans.  Technically a fruit, but we’re not judging.
3.    Beans. Powerful little balls.

(forgive me for my juvenile sense of humor!!!)

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