Thanks to Dawn/Mo for the recipe for Dawn Mo's Bean Salad in Cilantro Vinaigrette

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michael-in-phoenix

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I've made this at least 6 times in the last two weeks! Lisa and I love it. I add one fresh serrano chile (rough chopped, then into the blender with the rest of the dressing ingredients) to the vinaigrette ingredients. I use slightly less cider vinegar (1/3 cup), and toast the cumin before grinding it. I do add a can of black beans and I use a one pound bag of frozen corn -fire roasted frozen corn from Trader Joe's is especially good. It is equally good with olive oil, corn oil or peanut oil. I reduce the oil to 1/2 to 3/4 cup, so the diet doesn't suffer, and it still tastes great!

Thanks for a terrific and versatile recipe Dawn!

DAWN_MO's BEAN SALAD IN CILANTRO VINAIGRETTE

Recipe By : pieceocake

Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Salads

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

1 can kidney beans -- (1 oz.) (1 to 151/2)

1 can garbanzo beans -- (1 oz.) (1 to 15

1/2)

1 can corn -- (1 oz.) (1 to 15

1/2)

1 medium red onion -- diced

Vinaigrette

1 cup cilantro

1/2 cup cider vinegar

1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard

1 1/2 tsp. cumin

3 cloves garlic -- minced

1 tsp. freshly ground pepper

1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil

juice of 1/2 lemon

Process vinaigrette ingredients in blender until smooth. Pour half of the dressing over salad ingredients and mix. Taste for proper seasoning and adjust accordingly. Refrigerate. Pour remaining dressing over salad and mix gently just before serving.

Serve at room temperature.

 
We love this bean salad, too! We use rice wine vinegar instead of the

cider vinegar and reduce the oil.

 
I love this salad. The kudos should go to piecocake for posting it. Thanks Michael...

are you going to San Diego for the 4th?

 
Nope. I'm old and cranky, so I prefer to go on a non-holiday week. Less crowds and less...

...drunks. (At least ONE less, if I'm not there!)**

Michael

**I never drink and drive.

 
We were there the middle two weeks of June. I had the best time jogging...

...at Mission Beach. I'd finish my jog around 8:30 am, or so, and since I had just finished doing something so healthy, I'd sneak into Coasters Saloon and have my favorite Bloody Mary, complete with pickled green bean.

Woo Hoo!

Michael

 
8:30 am?

and having a bloody mary, you sound like one of my in-laws. It is happy hour somewhere! I so hope they never get on this site! I used to skate down there all the time until I took a legenday spill, that was the end of that! Next time you are in San Diego, try to go to the Ocean Beach Farmer's Market on Wednesday afternoons, or the Hillcrest Farmer's Market on Sundays from 9-1pm. You will really enjoy it. It is fun for families besides getting great produce, especially this time of year. The strawberries, OMG, I cannot bring myself to buy store-bought ones since. You have to eat them that day or the next at most, because they are so ripe and sweet. I was amazed at the difference. So sweet and so flavorful. More expensive than the grocery store, but there is no comparison. You see, you got me started on San Diego.

 
How about the real estate prices on the boardwalk! Wow. I saw a newly remodeled...

...two-story house right on the boardwalk. 2700 square feet. The flyer on the realtor's sign said they would accept starting offers at $5.6 million.

The old two-story duplexes could be had for about $90,000 (or less) when I was a teenager.

Oh well,

Michael

 
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