Three Bean Salad w/Mustard Dressing

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Three Bean Salad with Mustard Dressing

 

Recipe By : Prevention's Cooking for Good Health

Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:10

Categories : Beans Lowfat

Salads

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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SALAD

2 cups halved young green beans

1 cup cooked chickpeas

1 cup cooked kidney beans

1 large tomato -- seeded & diced

MUSTARD DRESSING

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons Dijon mustard

2 tablespoons water

1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil or 1 1/2 tsp dried

1 teaspoon honey

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/4 cup snipped chives

 

1. To make the salad: Steam the green beans until crisp-tender, about

5 minutes. Place in a large bowl. Add the chick-peas, kidney beans,

and tomatoes. Mix well.

 

2. To make the mustard dressing: In a blender, combine the oil,

mustard, water, basil, honey and pepper. Process on medium speed for

1 minute. Pour over the salad. Sprinkle with the chives. Toss well.

Let stand for 20 minutes before serving.

 

Per serv: 112 cal, 4.1 g fat (33% of cal), 0 mg chol, 55 mg sod

 

 

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NOTES : You'll love the fresh flavors of this tangy salad. Beans are

high in hunger-appeasing complex carbohydrates, sot hey help fill you

up even though they're not that high in calories. One study found

that beans can even help suppress the appetite for hours because

they're digested very slowly.