Three Bean Salad

By damiles1

Healthy take

Ingredients

• Ingredients – Salad
• 2 pounds of your favorite beans ◦(a mixture of gold and yellow, filet and romano beans)
• 1 large sweet onion
• 1 can of red kidney beans
• Ingredients – Dressing
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 2 teaspoons honey (or sugar)
• pinch of kosher or sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper to taste ◦optional twist: add a couple drops of sesame oil and toasted sesame seeds to dressing

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation – Salad
1.Blanch beans: dip fresh beans in salted boiling water for 1-2 minutes.
2.Remove when colors brighten, rinse with cold water to cool down beans
3.Chop into bite-size pieces and place in bowl
4.Thinly slice a sweet onion into rings, then halve rings
5.Add to chopped beans
6.Rinse 15 oz. can of kidney beans, drain and add to chopped beans
7.Mix all the ingredients, refrigerate
8.Make dressing

Preparation – Dressing & Salad
1.Add all dressing ingredients to small bowl
2.Whisk to combine ingredients
3.Drizzle over bean bowl and toss salad
4.Cover and refrigerate for an hour
5.Toss before serving