Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2009

I made this bean salad for a birthday party last night and it was a big hit. Everyone loved it. I would not change anything in this recipe because I think the amounts are right on. The only thing I did was to add black olives to the salad. It makes alot so it would be great for a big gathering. Will be making again.

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Cora

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Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2009

My husband loved this. I omitted the lima beans, and my husband requested that the next time I make this that I only put in half the called for amount of garbanzo beans, and to make enough dressing for the beans to be completely covered by the liquid.

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martha7

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2009

This was very easy to make. I actually only had edamames, kidneys, white, and green beans on hand, so I tossed that in with some onions, ADDED celery, and the dressing on top tasted great! The dressing is really what made the salad, sweet with a little bit of tang. Just be careful with the dressing--Do NOT let it boil!! It is also good served warm.

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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2009

My husband and I always keep one or two cold salads in the refrigerator. This salad is absolutely our very favorite. The only thing I change is to reduce the sugar to 1/4 cup.

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Spike

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Reviewed: Oct. 6, 2009

almost same recipe as mine but more stuff so i'll give it a try for sure..mine don't have the sppices so this could be interesting...we like leftovers for next day lunch at work..a meal in itself..keeps you full till suppertime!!

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Cherubaby

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Reviewed: Oct. 2, 2009

Excellent recipe only thing I changed is I added less sugar and I also added celery to it, really good.

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Bonnie

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Reviewed: Aug. 27, 2009

My husband ate two servings of this, and he is not a bean salad fan!!

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Mellie

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Reviewed: Jul. 29, 2009

This was the first time I ever made a bean salad and it is so easy, quick and delicious. I used what I had in the house so I substituted a purple bell pepper for the green pepper and only used cans of garbanzo and kidney beans and used fresh yellow bean from the farmers market. I also used a greek salad herb mix in place of rosemary. Finally I used a small amount of red wine vingear in addition to the distilled white wine.

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drella

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 13, 2009

Excellent Dish! I sometimes substitute the oil and herbs with a little Italian dressing to save time as all I want to do is dig into this scrumptious meal.

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Robin

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Home Town: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Living In: Lantzville, British Columbia, Canada

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Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2009

This was absolutely delicious!!!! I couldn't find garbanzo beans so I used a can of corn. Also cut back alittle on the onion and the sugar. Hopefully it will last until the party I made it for!!!

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Sue T

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Reviewed: May 27, 2009

This salad is addicting! I added one can of an already-made bean salad from Trader Joe's, and left out the pepper and wax beans since I didn't have them, and it was so tasty! My roomate felt bad for eating so much of it :) Am making this again right now actually...

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martha

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Living In: Pasadena, California, USA

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Reviewed: May 25, 2009

BRILLIANT!!!

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naui

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Living In: Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Reviewed: Apr. 14, 2009

This was great! I couldn't find wax beans, which would have made it even better, but replacing them with white beans worked fine too. Very tangy and easy to make. Thanks!

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Kelly

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Eugene, Oregon, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2009

easy recipe. tastes great! a little too sweet. so i think the next time i'll reduce the sugar in it.

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LList

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Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2009

I made this the other day, and I've got to say it is really the best bean salad recipe I've ever tried. My husband and I added black olives and some capers as well. YUMMY

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dondis

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Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2009

This recipe was okay. It isn't quite what I was after. The dressing was far too sweet for me. The dressing flavor reminds me of the juice in a bread-and-butter pickle jar.

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Reviewed: Sep. 28, 2008

I substituted black beans for the wax beans, used Italian green beans, cut the sugar in half and added about 3/8 tsp. salt. Everyone loves it! A definite keeper!

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Reviewed: Jun. 16, 2008

i usually don't like bean salad but i followed this recipe exactly and it was great. i did let the marinade cool a bit before pouring it over so the beans wouldn't get mushy. i sliced my vidalia onion into rings so us non onion eaters could easily pick them out but they definately add to the marinade flavor. i love the peppers in this! it adds a nice crunch. i used 1/2 teaspoon salt.

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