Bean salad Luncheon Recipes

[demnan]

I just made up two bean salads I made for a luncheon over the weekend. My mother doesn't like meat as much as when she was younger so I made these for her. I also made fresh baggettes with the Kitchen Aid mixer and we dipped the bread in olive oil.

The first salad is almost like a salsa, the second is truely unique. I used orange tomatoes for the color contrast with the avocado. Both should refrigerate for a couple of hours for the flavors to mix in. I served them on fresh lettuce beds. Both would go lovely with fresh ears of corn or the baggettes for a complete vegetarian (and vegan) meal.

Kidney beans and green pepper salad
1 can drained washed kidney beans
dice the following:
1 large bell pepper
a couple stalks celery
a large tomato (or 3 small plum ones)
mild onion
jalapeno pepper diced very thin seeds removed
1 tablespoon fresh minced garlic

mix with the beans add salt, pepper, a 1/2 teasp cumin, 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, and red wine vinegar and olive oil to taste.

Chickpea and avocado salad with orange tomato
1 can drained washed chick peas
One coursely chopped avocado
1 coursely chopped orange tomato
1 rib celery chopped fine
1 tablespoon onion chopped fine
2 teasp fresh garlic chopped fine
1/2 cup fresh chopped basil
juice of 1 lemon

Combine the ingredients and add olive oil, salt and pepper to taste

[Kolesar]

1. Set a place at the table for me

Sounds delicious.