Healthy Black Bean Salad

Submitted by bernettavan

"Yummy fibre rich salad with easy to make dressing! Fantastic tasting"

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 (540 ml) can black beans
• 1 (398 ml) can niblet corn
• 1 red pepper
• 1 yellow pepper
• 1⁄4 chopped purple onion
• 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
• 1⁄4 cup sunflower seeds
• 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
• 1⁄4 cup cucumber, finely chopped
• 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 2 tablespoons hot red pepper jelly
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1⁄3 cup olive oil

directions

1. Drain beans and corn, mix together with peppers, onion, cranberries, sunflower seeds, cilantro and cucumber.
2. Just before serving whisk together vinegar, jelly, mustard and oil and mix into salad. This is delicious the first day and for several days after!
3. If you keep for a day or two it gets a bit watery, just drain it off and re-dress with about a half a recipe of the dressing. Don't use past 4 days.

Reviews

[Dreamer in Ontario]

This recipe is delicious! I especially like the flavor from the red pepper jelly. I had to make a couple of changes and I apologize for that. This recipe would be great as written. First, my peppers were rather small so I added a bit of celery. Then, when I cut open my purple onion, it was spoiled. I substituted a regular cooking onion which worked out fine but I will use a purple onion next time. Made for Spring 2013 PAC.