Dry bean salad anyone?

That looks good. I use dry beans all of the time. The ones you used look like what we call navy beans. I use them in my white chili recipe.

Hello marg. I love dry beans any way they can be fixed. I must tr y this dish. I presume the beans are freshly cooked and not canned. I have seen the dry beans in salads before and they look so good. My family only eat re-fried beans in summer with a taco supper. Do you think think making this dish and putting it through a blender or mashing the beans would make a good dip like hummus? It sounds like it would make a good dip for tortilla or corn chops.

I love beans, should use them more.. They have a sale in a nearby store sometimes, and I found a cheap glass jar with Chili con carne sauce with beans but no meat. It tastes great with almost any food, rice, potatoes, fish etc. We have rather cheap fresh salads here too, so I try to eat raw food every day. I was kind of inspired by the blind man I wrote about. He picked dandelions and nettles and some other leaves and he lived till 99! I believe his diet had a lot to do with his positive view of life. I will write about hime a bit more in ExpertsColumn, as he was a remarkable person. I think he had enjoyed your salad!! Those who have problems to digest beans, can try to sprout them and cook some sorts a bit or eat mung beans and maybe others raw in a salad.

We make beans salads mainly in summer and we also add some hard boiled eggs[sometimes] as well to add more protein to the dish as my daughters are vegetarians...sometimes we skip the red onions and add green onions instead!

That looks delicious! I eat beans a lot and about to put another batch in the crock pot. I buy the mixed beans sometimes it comes with a soup flavor pouch, I don't use it. I just put in salt and pepper and dry mint and let it simmer for hours. I love beans and always looking for new ways to prepare, thanks for the recipe. I don't have all the ingredients today but I'll try that for my next batch. I love cilantro flavor.

Wow, thanks for the great recipe idea! I try not to eat a lot of meat and beans are a great protein substitution, but it's hard to find new and interesting ways to eat or cook them. I have always been a fan of bean salads but I never really knew a good way to make them, and this was a great idea I'll have to try! Thanks!

That sounds really interesting! I have not heard of this before. Are the onions and tomatoes cooked or is it all cold? I take it you cook the beans before putting this all together (but that is just a guess on my part). I hope your life is going well now! Have a great weekend!!!

I bet it is good. I love salads to start with. no doubt in my mind about u being a good cook.

That sounds good--sans meat. I've made vegetarian chili before during the warm months and served it up later cold; the results were rather yummy. Beans can be great at any time of year, although we often do associate them with hearty dishes for cold winter days.