I was visiting Murray’s aunt a few months ago & went through her recipes! This bean salad recipe is most likely from the 70’s she said! Written on a scrap of paper…I do not know where she got the recipe from.
I made this the other day to check it out & I love it! not too much vinegar or sugar…although I thought it would be way too sweet as it has 1 cup of sugar..but there is a lot of dressing & I serve the bean salad using a slotted spoon so we are not ‘eating’ the vinaigrette so….we are not having so much sugar! ( maybe!)
It makes a really large amount & keeps in the fridge for 2 weeks…which is great since we only eat a bit of it at a time…this would be great for a party..since it would serve a lot of people!
It is really simple to make. Just some canned vegetables & beans & a simple dressing. The original recipe calls for a fresh pepper cut up & added to this but I did not use one. ( I forgot!)
Here is the recipe..
Ingredients
Salad
1 can of cut green beans
1 can of cut wax ( yellow) beans
1 can of kidney beans
! can of lima beans…***I could not find lima beans in the store I was in so I used a can of mixed beans
1 green pepper *** I did not put this in
1 red onion
Dressing
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp celery seed
Method
Use a large bowl to mix this salad in
- Drain & rinse the green beans & put them into the bowl
- Drain & rinse the wax beans, add them to the bowl
- Drain & rinse the kidney beans, add these to the bowl
- Drain the lima beans..or whatever type of beans you are using & add these to the bowl
- If you are going to put the green pepper in the bean salad, seed & dice the pepper & add to the beans
- Thinly slice the red pepper & add to the bowl
- Mix all the ingredients in the bowl together & set aside
- Now, mix the dressing in a bowl or measuring cup or jar..somewhere you can mix it together well
- Add the dressing to the beans & mix it well
- I put this salad into a large ziplock bag for a few hours & in the fridge so that the beans could get marinated …I turned the bag once in a while/…
- Then I put this bean salad into a large jar… you can use a large bowl with a lid…
- This keeps for 2 weeks in the fridge
Enjoy!
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