5 Bean Salad

This is a very easy, high fiber salad with a healthy homemade dressing. I often serve this on a bed of lettuce and the dressing is enough for the greens. You can add as many vegetables as you want to the salad and it is much more filling than a green salad alone.

• Ready In: 5 mins
• Serves: 6
• Yields: 6 cups

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can  cut green beans, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can  wax beans, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1  large red bell pepper, diced
• 1  small red onion, diced
• 1⁄8 cup  balsamic vinegar
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1⁄2 tablespoon  Mrs. Dash seasoning mix

Directions

1. Mix the oil, vinegar, mustard and Mrs. Dash in a shaker jar.
2. Pour the dressing over all ingredients in a large bowl and toss thoroughly but gently to avoid breaking the green beans and wax beans into pieces.