Not your mama’s three-bean salad
1
Points® value
Total Time
9 min
Prep
9 min
Cook
0 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
This recipe takes on a new profile with fresh slivers of basil, tangy lemon juice, and green soybeans (edamame) for their sweet flavor and bright color. Using three different kinds of beans provides a beautiful visual contrast as well. It takes less than 10 minutes to make, and all you have to do is toss all the ingredients together in one bowl. And unlike the original three-bean salad, the beans won’t turn drab olive green during storage; the salad will keep up to two days in the refrigerator.
Ingredients
Lemon zest
1 tsp, grated
Fresh lemon juice
1½ Tbsp
Olive oil
1 Tbsp, extra-virgin
Table salt
½ tsp
Black pepper
⅛ tsp, freshly ground
Canned black beans
15 oz, rinsed and drained
Canned white beans
15 oz, rinsed and drained
Shelled edamame
⅔ cup(s), cooked
Vidalia onion
⅓ medium, finely diced
Red bell pepper
⅓ medium, finely diced
Basil
5 leaf/leaves, thinly sliced