This is a great recipe without using any oil! I added 1/4 tsp celery seeds for taste and interest and substituted black beans for kidney and it really was a hit

This is my new favorite bean salad recipe. My mom's is good, but I don't like oil in it and this one has none.

Very easy and really good. Did make too much juice and I even added a large can of garbanzo beans. Next time I will cut back on the sugar and up the vinegar. This recipe would be difficult to mess up. It's a keeper!

This was the first time I have ever made this. It turned out great. I added grabonzo beans it was just like mom's.

It took a whole lot of tweaking, but I came up with a delicious bean salad that is not too sweet using this recipe as a base. I cut the sugar back to 3/4 of a cup and increased the vinegar to 3/4 cup. I left the water and other spices alone. I omitted the bell pepper (forgot it) and added a peeled, but not chopped, clove of garlic. I also sliced the onions into thin rings. Only for nostalgas sake. That's how my mom made it. Everyone in the family, except the kid who won't touch a beam, loved it. I let it marinate overnight and it's outstanding. Thanks to all the folks who left their reviews!

Pretty good. I think the sugar and cider vinegar can both be altered to suit your tastes. I prefer a little less sweet and a little more tang, so I cut the sugar by 1/2 cup and increased the cider by 1/4 cup (while reducing the water by 1/4 cup) Also added some different beans (butter and black) and red onion. Others liked it and commented they had never had a bean salad quite like it, as they were taking seconds!

easy and great!!

This was way too sweet. It also had too much dressing. It wasn't very nice to look at either. Sorry! I don't think it could be doctored up to meet my expectations!

A big hit with my family.

This salad was okay. It was also a little too sweet, although I knew it had a lot of sugar in it.

This is the first bean salad I've made, and it tastes pretty good to me.

I took a chance and made this for a family meal, I even doubled it. Unfortunately, it wasn't well received. After tasting it, my 4 year old said, "do I have to eat the beans, I don't like them." Sorry, but this was definitely not what I was hoping for. I guess it just wasn't what the group was expecting either. I'll keep searching for more of a vinaigrette 3 bean salad. My mistake, I should have realized 1.25 cups sugar was going to be quite sweet.

I have always been scared of three bean salad- NO MORE! I make lunch for 40 people at work each week- this website is so valuable to me. Requested this week was three bean salad. This was EASY and really yummy! Never buy canned again!

Easy, quick and so good! Although I think I had enough dressing for about two batches and just used 6 cans of beans instead.

Excellent recipe that tastes better and better the longer it marinates. My husband and I both really enjoyed it.

This recipe couldn't be easier and is delicious! The only suggestion I have is to make it the day before to let the flavors really develop. This is one salad that only gets better with a little time.

This was excellent. Just the right amount of tang and sweet. I used Great Northern Beans instead of wax beans. My one year old loved it!