Mixed Beans salad
Mixed Beans salad is a healthy and colourful salad, it is gluten-free and vegetarian.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup cut green beans
- 1 cup Baked beans
- ½ cup Red kidney beans
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onions
- ¼ cup chopped cucumber
- ¼ cup chopped tomatoes
- lettuce leaves
- ¼ cup sweet corn
- 1 Boiled egg (optional)
Mayonnaise Dressing
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- Some sauce from the can of baked beans
Avocado Dressing
- 1 whole avocado
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- Juice of 1 lime
- chili powder or hot sauce optional.
Instructions
Mixed beans salad
- Wash and cut green beans into 1-inch lengths.
- Place in a small pot and add just enough water to cover the green beans, add green beans and salt, bring to a boil and cook for 2-3 minutes until beans have softened.
- Drain and rinse under cold water set aside in a sieve to cool.
- Drain baked beans and reserve the liquid (sauce).
- Drain and rinse red kidney beans.
- Finely chop onions, cutting some into long strips for garnishing.
- Peel the cucumber and remove the seeds, chop into 1/2 inch cubes.
- Remove seeds from the tomato, chop into 1/2 inch cubes.
- Tear up the few leaves of lettuce.
- Put everything in a bowl and mix.
- Cover and place in the fridge for several hours or overnight to meld well.
- Keep dressing separately in the fridge.
- A few hours before serving, add enough dressing and mix well with the salad.
Mayonnaise dressing
- Mix mayonnaise, sugar, salt and vinegar in a small bowl. Add some spoonfuls of the sauce that came with the baked beans and set dressing aside.
Avocado dressing
- Scoop avocado flesh into a bowl and mash using a fork or potato masher, add the crushed garlic clove, salt, black pepper, juice of one lime and chilli powder, mix well and set aside. (You can use a food processor.)
Notes
- Add small baking soda to the green beans cooking liquid to give a brighter green colour.
- If beans give you gas see how to remove gas from beans
