bean salad for when it is hot out, not warm, hot!

We like beans in this house but when it is most hot, it is difficult to eat hot beans.  I started making bean salad.

i start with an empty salad bowl.

I start with 1 to 2 cups of Rancho Gordo white beans.  Yes, I buy expensive dry beans and mail order but we taste a huge difference.  I put them in the crockpot, rinse, and let cook all day on low and they are fabulous.  The pot liquor that comes off them is yummy but for this salad, I rinse the beans.

 

The vegetables can change dependent on what I have.  I added roasted eggplant here.  I have also added tomato and cucumber.  You could add anything you would like to eat in a salad.

 

Chopped onion and garlic are a must.  I prefer roasted garlic when I have it but some garlic is pretty much a must.

 

I always chop an avocado into it.  It makes Russell smile.

 

Mix it up a bit.  Drizzle some good olive oil over it.  A sprinkle of salt and pepper and the salad is done.

Depending on what our mood is, I serve it with toast that has a drizzle of olive oil on it or corn chips.  It is very good.

Thanks to Russell for taking the picture today!  <muah>