I discovered a new and delicious recipe this week! Ooh it's so good! The other day one of my co-workers mentioned that she had made a new bean salad and I could try some if I wanted. Free food? Of course! Well, let me tell you, one bite of this stuff and I was in love! Besides that there is nothing unhealthy about it! So you can pig out without one shred of guilt. =) I love foods like that! Of course, I still pig out on foods that aren't a bit healthy without a shred of guilt either, but we're not talking about that right now! lol Am I getting to the recipe? Why yes, as a matter of fact, I am. Pushy, pushy.
Here it is (as copied from the back of a foil pack of Starkist low-sodium tuna---right in the aisle at Walmart, don't you know! lol Yes, I know, you might be a Redneck and all that! But I just couldn't make myself buy 2.6 oz of tuna for $1.15 just for the recipe when I can buy a can--5 oz-- for $.68! And the foil pack was low-sodium at that! Bleck! So I got out my paper and pen and copied away.) I'll list the recipe and then add my takes on it below.
Tuna-Black Bean Salad (My title, because I didn't copy down the Starkist title. Because it didn't change the recipe flavor at all, that's why!)
2.6 oz tuna
1 red pepper, chopped
1 yellow pepper, chopped
1/2 red onion, chopped
3 green onions
1 can black beans
1/4 c canola oil
juice of 1 lime (approx 3 Tbl)
2 T cumin
1/4 c cilantro
Whisk together oil, lime juice and cumin. Set aside. Combine everything else except cilantro in a bowl. Pour dressing over and toss. Chop cilantro and toss with other ingredients. Chill at least 4 hours.
*I did not chill for 4 hours. Not even close. I needed supper and could not wait! lol It tasted fine eating it shortly after it was made and just kept getting better as it sat.
*I don't care for cumin in large doses, so I just sprinkled some in the dressing
*I just used most of a regular ol' onion since I didn't have any of them fancy kind. Worked fine.
*My co-worker used jalapeno in hers (the jarred kind, chopped) and it was great, so I added some too (though not as "bravely" as she did!)
*Last but definitely not least, of course I added salt!!! And didn't use low-sodium tuna either! I used about 1 tsp in the dressing, which was a bit salty the first time I ate it--though not too bad, but after sitting in the fridge overnight was perfect.
This is a really flexible salad. I think it would be fine with canned chicken or salmon, you could switch up the beans with pintos or kidneys, and you could add cucumber or olives (I tried green last night and it was yummy) or tomatoes or avocados or garlic or.......well, you get my point. You can make it your own! Which you need to do. Make your own, I mean. ASAP. =)
Have a great weekend everyone!
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