Black Bean and Corn Salsa

You can call this a salsa and eat it on chips, or call it a salad and eat it with a fork. 🙂 I made a rather large batch; feel free to scale it down.

Ingredients

• 3 cans black beans, or about 5 cups cooked black beans
• 2 cups frozen corn, thawed
• 1 1/2 c. chopped sweet peppers, any color (about 2 medium bell peppers)
• 1 1/2 c. chopped tomatoes
• 1 small onion (about 1/3 c.)
• 1/3 c. chopped cilantro
• 3/4 t. salt (to taste)
• freshly ground pepper to taste
• fresh lemon or lime juice to taste (I used two limes)
• 1/4 c. olive oil
• a dash of hot sauce (we like Cholula brand)
• a dash of cayenne pepper (or use fresh chopped hot peppers in place of cayenne and hot sauce)
  a dash of garlic powder (or use fresh garlic)

Directions

Mix all ingredients together, adjusting quantities to taste. Couldn’t be simpler!