{"id":34874,"date":"2017-04-13T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T23:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=34874"},"modified":"2017-04-08T13:16:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T18:16:25","slug":"easy-bean-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=34874","title":{"rendered":"Easy Bean Salad Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love an old-fashioned bean salad.\u00a0 There are so many variations of this dish, but the nice thing is that you can pretty much let your pantry determine the kind of bean salad you will be making.\u00a0 Whatever types of beans or legumes you have can go in this salad, and they don&#8217;t all have to be beans.\u00a0 I recently made this recipe in about five minutes, and part of that time was spent opening the cans!\u00a0 That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m calling it easy bean salad.\u00a0 And keep in mind that this would be a nice side dish for your Easter brunch or dinner.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a make ahead dish that is colorful, flavorful, and loved by most.\u00a0 All of the cans were the 15 ounce size.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34906\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Easy-Bean-Salad-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Bean Salad - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Easy-Bean-Salad-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Easy-Bean-Salad-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Easy-Bean-Salad-300x451.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n    <div id=\"yrecipe-container-40\" class=\"yrecipe-container-border\" >\n    <div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Recipe\" id=\"yrecipe-container\" class=\"yrecipe\">\n      <div id=\"yrecipe-innerdiv\">\n        <div class=\"item b-b\"><div class=\"yrecipe-print-link fl-r\"><a class=\"butn-link\" title=\"Print this recipe\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"yrPrint('yrecipe-container-40', 'http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/yummly-rich-recipes\/', '' ); return false\">Print<\/a><\/div><div id=\"y-recipe-link-40\" class=\"y-recipe-link fl-r hide-print\"> <a href=\"\/\/yummly.com\" class=\"YUMMLY-YUM-BUTTON yummly-button add-recipe\">Yum<\/a>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.yummly.com\/js\/widget.js?wordpress&p=wp\"><\/script>\n                <\/div><div id=\"yrecipe-title\" itemprop=\"name\" class=\"b-b h-1 strong\" >Easy Bean Salad Recipe<\/div>\n      <\/div><div class=\"ymeta yclear\">\n      <div class=\"fl-l width-50\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"fl-l width-50\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"yclear\">\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div><p id=\"yrecipe-ingredients\" class=\"h-4 strong\">Ingredients<\/p><ul id=\"yrecipe-ingredients-list\"><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-0\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 can green beans, drained\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-1\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 can wax beans, drained\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-2\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 can kidney beans, drained\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-3\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 can garbanzo beans, drained\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-4\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 can white hominy, drained\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-5\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 can black-eyed peas, drained\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-6\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 red onion, chopped\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-7\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1\/2 cup vegetable oil\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-8\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1\/2 cup vinegar (I used distilled)\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-9\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 teaspoon salt\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-10\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1\/2 teaspoon pepper\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-11\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">3\/4 cup white sugar (I used 4 tablespoons honey instead)\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-12\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">2 teaspoons sesame seeds (optional)<\/li><\/ul><p id=\"yrecipe-instructions\" class=\"h-4 strong\">Instructions<\/p><ol id=\"yrecipe-instructions-list\" class=\"instructions\"><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-0\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Put the beans and onion in a large bowl.  Mix the oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and sugar (or honey) in a separate bowl and pour over the beans.  If you are using honey, and the dressing is too tart, add more honey.  Gently mix to combine all ingredients.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-1\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Cover and refrigerate for a few hours before serving.  Will keep several days in the fridge.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-2\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Note - Canned mushrooms, canned corn and\/or frozen peas that have been thawed can also be added.<\/li><\/ol><div class=\"y-linkback\">Schema\/Recipe SEO Data Markup by <a title=\"Yummly Rich Recipes\" alt=\"Yummly Rich Recipes\" href=\"http:\/\/plugin.yummly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yummly Rich Recipes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"yummly-recipe-plugin\" style=\"display: none;\">0.1<\/div><a id=\"y-printed-permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=34874\"title=\"Permalink to Recipe\">http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=34874<\/a><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">wk_bootstrap();<\/script><img id=\"yrecipe-beacon\" src=\"http:\/\/yummly-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/pixels\/wordpress-plugin.png?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthe2seasons.com%2F%3Fp%3D34874\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\">\n        <\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34907\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4122-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Bean Salad - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4122-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4122-430x286.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4122-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the perfect side dish for ham, salmon, or <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/06\/18\/barbequed-chicken-recipe\/\">barbequed chicken<\/a> or served as a side with <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2017\/04\/06\/asparagus-quiche-recipe\/\">this quiche<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love an old-fashioned bean salad.\u00a0 There are so many variations of this dish, but the nice thing is that you can pretty much let your pantry determine the kind of bean salad you will be making.\u00a0 Whatever types of beans or legumes you have can go in this salad, and they don&#8217;t all have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34874"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34874"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34905,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34874\/revisions\/34905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}