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I have been making this salad for well over 20 years. I think I read a recipe in a magazine, never wrote it down but made up my own version of it. It's not rocket science but its very good, on its own, on some chips or even on a regular salad. Its the thing my family asks for at bbq's. Its pretty easy, and does not use a lot of ingredients. I always forget to buy the cilantro though. According to 23 and me, I am not one of those people who thinks cilantro tastes like soap. Lucky gal that I am. If you have a genetic soap taster in your midst, I think you could leave it out. It would still be good. As far as weight watchers points go, the only thing in it with points is the olive oil.
So here it goes: My Famous Bean Salad
Ingredients:
1 can black beans rinsed and drained
3 ears of corn, cooked and then all the kernels cut off
5 tomatoes-diced (you can use any kind of tomatoes, I even threw in a bunch of the tiny grape tomatoes from my son's garden).
1/2 cup cilantro diced
1 medium red onion diced
Juice from 3 limes (you want at the very least 1/3 cup of lime juice. I like more)
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
2T EVOO
Salt and Pepper to taste
Basically you just throw it all in a nice pretty bowl, cover it, let it sit in the fridge for a bit and eat. It tastes a lot better after it has hung out in the fridge for a few hours. I like to make it the night before we will eat it to give all the flavors time to marinate.
So as far as smart points go, I figure this makes 8 servings and its 1 point for the olive oil.
Enjoy!!!!!!
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| corn and beans, beans and corn.... |
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| My son contributed these cuties from his garden. Sometimes his hobbies are helpful. |
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| Voila- Good enough to eat. |
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| I had to taste some to make sure it was good. |
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