Summer Vegetable Salad

Submitted by Vseward Chef-V

"There are several versions of "Marinated Vegetable Salad" on Zaar, this is a take and tweaked recipe of my mom's, it is a bit different and a favorite in our family. This is wonderful for potlucks or when you want to make a huge salad. The Dressing is the key to this refreshing summer salad. You can put almost any kind of canned veggies to this, even garbonzo beans .... just dump all into a colander and let them drain. Be sure to make the dressing and give it time to chill. Thanks Mom!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 cup sugar (Splenda) or 1 cup sugar substitute (Splenda)
• 3⁄4 cup cider vinegar
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil or 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (16 ounce) can French style green beans, drained
• 1 1⁄2 cups thawed frozen peas
• 2 (14 ounce) cans white shoepeg corn, drained
• 1 (2 ounce) jar diced pimentos, drained
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1⁄2 green bell pepper, diced
• 1 bunch green onion, chopped
• 1 small red onion, diced

directions

1. Mix 1 cup sugar, vegetable oil, pepper, and salt in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cool. Toss dressing with remaining ingredients. Add your favorite canned veggies, be colorful and creative -- this makes a beautiful salad!
2. Mix and chill for at least 8 hours.

Reviews

[Lori Mama]

V my dear! Your Mom knew what she was doing with this salad. Deeeeelicious! I pretty much stuck to the recipe except I had to leave out the peppers. I can see that any other vegetable addition would be equally as good. Couldn't get the white shoe peg corn here, so subbed baby corn cobs. Winner! :)

 

[Obag6142]

I had this at a potluck with tri tip and hamburgers. It was delicious and the variety of beans makes it refreshing and savory. Yum! I like lighter salads when I grill meats and this recipe was perfect. It makes a large salad and I enjoyed this salad as leftovers.

 

[Mommy Diva]

Ihad the pleasure of trying this salad over the 4th of July - and must say it is delicious! I prefer this to a traditional bean salad - I think folks will really love this if they try it. Perfectfor potlucks, BBQs, etc. Thanks for postiong it,V!!