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Winging It Bean Salad

If you want a recipe that's quick, easy and relatively cheap, but exploding with flavor, healthy and beautiful to look at, this is the ticket.

"Awesome salad! Colorful, flavorful and super healthy. Found it to be very filling--a good choice for Weight Watchers folks. :)" - ellajee

Yield: 4 Servings Ready in 1 hours, 30 minutes

Cuisine: American-Mediteranean PantryMain Ingredient: Beans

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Original recipe makes 4 Servings

1.875 cup (15oz can)dark red kidney beans,; Drain & rinse

1.875 cup (15oz can)cannellini beans; Drain & rinse

1 dozen or sopickled green beans (garlic-spice); Slice on the bias into 1" lengths

1/2 mediumgreen bell pepper; Slice into 1/2" chunks

1 Tbspcapers; Chop finely

2 Tbsppine nuts; Toast in pan on low burner, chop roughly

1/2 small jarmarinated artichoke hearts; Chop off any tough parts, slice paper thin

10 clovespickled garlic; Slice paper thin lengthwise

1/3 mediumcucumber; Seed, dice small

1/2 smallonion; Brunoise small dice

1 cupfresh bean sprouts; Loose cup, rinsed

Dressing

1 tspblood orange vinegar

2 tspred wine vinegar

1/4 cupbasil & garlic grapeseed oil

1 Tbsplemon grapeseed oil

1/2 mediumlemon; Juice

1 healthy pinchdried tarragon

1 healthy pinchdried basil; (chopped fresh would be nice)

1/2 tspsalt

1 tsppoblano pepper; Roast & finely chop

Winging It Bean Salad Preparation

Combine all main ingredients, fold gently and minimally in a good-sized bowl. Combine dressing ingredients in a lidded jar, shake vigorously and pour over salad. Refrigerate for an hour, toss gently and serve. A little chopped fresh parsley for garnish would be nice. I'll probably do that and maybe add some white flaked tuna as well next time. Or maybe a bit of diced & rendered pancetta. Hmmm.