Four Beans Salad

[Marykaa]

Four Beans Salad



19 oz can cut green beans
19 oz can cut wax (yellow) beans
19 oz can red kidney beans
19 oz can chick peas

1 green pepper, chopped
½ small oignon, chopped
3 tbsp parsley
1 sweet roasted pimento

drain beans and chick peas
put all ingredients in salad bowl

prepare sauce by mixing together :
½ cup white wine vinager with tarragon
½ vegetable oil
½ cup sugar
1 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
¼ tsp basil
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp dried mustard powder
4 drops of tabasco

*pour over salad and mix lightly so as not to break the beans.

*refrigerate for 4 hours or more, bring sauce to the top a few times

*drain the salad to get rid of the extra sauce.

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you can easily change the ingredients to make this recipe even healthier.

suggestions?

[gregl515]

I love this stuff!

[castufari]

I put corn in mine, it's good.

I need to find the recipe for my wife's texas caviar. Man that is goooooooood.

NOT as good as Velvetta and Rotel! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Lost Dog]

Originally posted by castufari:
I need to find the recipe for my wife's texas caviar. Man that is goooooooood.

Well. We're waiting...

[Lost Dog]

Marykaa,

I love these kind of salads and make my own frequently. I'm going to have to give your's a shot.

[castufari]

Ok, here goes. Sorry, it's slow going. Walking hurts now, throw in ice and it's not much better.

Texas Caviar:
2 cans black eyed peas, drained
1 can white acre peas, drained
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 medium bell pepper, chopped fine
1 medium red onion, chopped fine
1/2 cup chopped pickled jalepeno pepper
1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
16oz italian dressing

mix all in a large bowel, soak overnight, then drain.

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velvetta and rotel (aka "heart attack in a bowl")

1 large block of Velveeta cheese
2 cans original Rotel diced tomatoes

Cut the cheese into 1 inch cubes. Place cheese in crock pot and melt on medium heat. When cheese is almost melted, add undrained rotel tomatoes.

*you can put sausage in here if you want, just brown it, let it drain, mix in.

[Lost Dog]

That looks good, too. The caviar, not the velveeta...

I didn't know you were hurt. What happened?

[Marykaa]

LOST DOG.. Mine's the best! LOL

but ok.. fair chance... I haven't tried yours so... ? Is your recipe already posted on the forum?

and check Injuries and rehab! and the results are in..


CASTUFARI humm corn.. I'll try it next time I make a batch!

but will have to do some research to find what these are :

black eyed peas,
white acre peas,

[Lost Dog]

Originally posted by Marykaa:
but ok.. fair chance... I haven't tried yours so... ? Is your recipe already posted on the forum?

No... But, there's this... One Bean Salad

Originally posted by Marykaa:

black eyed peas,
white acre peas,

I've never heard of white acre peas, either.

black eyed peas are also called "cow peas." Does that help?

My favorite way to eat black eyed peas is in "Hoppin' John." Of course, I'll be making up a pot for the New Year, as it's good luck to eat your black eyed peas to start the new year off right, right?

I'm getting hungry...

[castufari]

I'm not sure if white acre peas are local or not, some of the smaller markets have 'em here in cans. Google for pictures, they're small and sorta white/yellowy. Black Eyed peas aren't as common around here but most markets have them in cans. You can buy all of these DRY, but canned are much easier. Don't forget that I live in Western North Carolina, we have all sorts of weird crap here, like creasy greens (which to me are like eating lawn).

The velvetta is a party hit. You're not going to dip one chip in there and walk away, trust me. I made it for work last year, someone said "cheese and tomatoes? seems healthy to me". Yeah, they don't call it heart attack in a bowl for nothing.