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Black beans and rice are full of nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, protein and fiber. Depending on how they are prepared, they offer a lot of nutrition with relatively few calories per serving.
Calories
Cooked brown rice has 216 calories per cup. White rice has 205 calories per cup of cooked rice. Black beans have 227 calories per cup of cooked beans, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Nutrient Database.
Spanish Rice
A typical recipe for Spanish rice calling for 1 tbsp. oil, 1 1/2 cups long grain rice, 1/4 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 whole tomatoes and 1/4 cup liquid from canned tomatoes, and 3 cups of fat free chicken broth makes eight servings. Each serving contains 162 calories.
Black Beans Recipe
A typical recipe for black beans prepared with 1 1/4 cups dry black beans, 2 tbsp. oil, 1 onion, 1 green bell pepper, 10 cloves garlic, spices, salt and pepper and water makes 4 servings. Each serving has approximately 300 calories, according to the USDA Nutrient Database.
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References
Resources
- "366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains"; Andrea Chesman; 1998
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Ramona French owned a massage school and taught massage for 28 years. In that time she wrote textbooks on Swedish, acupressure, deep tissue and lymph drainage massage. She is the author of "Introduction to Lymph Drainage Massage" and "Milady's Guide to Lymph Drainage Massage." Her book, "The Complete Guide to Lymph Drainage Massage," published by Milady, was released in October 2011.
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