Marie's Very Fresh Bean Salad
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Recipe type: Salad
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Serves: 6-8
 
has a Mexican flare
Ingredients
  • 1 tin red kidney beans
  • 1 tin black beans
  • 1 tin chickpeas
  • 1½-2 c Edamame
  • 3-4 small hothouse cucumbers, cut into small cubes
  • ¼ c fine cut green onions (only the green part)
  • ½ red pepper, cut into cubes
  • 1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 c cilantro or Italian parsley, coarsely chopped
  • juice of 1 lime
  • 3-4 T olive oil
  • ½ t cumin
  • ground chili powder to taste
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Make sure all the beans are drained, rinsed and dried off.
  2. Let them sit on a while on a kitchen towel and use paper towel to soak up excess moisture.
  3. Worth the effort, so that the beans can soak up the flavours of the ingredients.
  4. Toss together all ingredients.
Recipe by Food Musings at http://foodmusings.ca/recipes/we-raised-them-right/