{"id":220,"date":"2008-04-06T23:02:53","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T06:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/06\/bean-salad\/"},"modified":"2008-04-06T23:02:53","modified_gmt":"2008-04-07T06:02:53","slug":"bean-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/06\/bean-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Bean Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My go-to dish.  Super easy to make and Miriam&#8217;s favorite.  If you ask her favorite food, she&#8217;ll tell you &#8220;kidney beans!!!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Normally I like to make beans from scratch, but it&#8217;s hard with a bunch of different kinds (because they require different cooking times). So canned is loads easier.<\/p>\n<h3>Recipe:<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>4 cans of plain whole beans.  Any combo you wish; use 3-4 different kinds.  I like kidney, Garbanzo, pinto, black, and white.<br \/>\nGood quality extra virgin olive oil (about 1\/2 cup).<br \/>\nApple cider vinegar (about 1\/3 cup).<br \/>\nSeveral big squirts (a couple of tablespoons) of good brown mustard. Don&#8217;t use yellow stuff! I like Annie&#8217;s Horseradish Mustard, Whole Food&#8217;s German Mustard, and others like that.<br \/>\nSalt and pepper to taste.<br \/>\nSeveral tablespoons of freshly chopped oregano. Or another fresh herb. If you use dried, put in about 1 tablespoon of oregano, thyme, or whatever you like.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Open the cans and pour into a colander so the liquid drains away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/bean_salad_beans_2025.JPG\" alt=\"Beans in a bowl\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Put the drained beans into a large bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Add the oil and vinegar, adjust acidity as needed.<\/p>\n<p>Add mustard, salt, and pepper.  Taste.  It&#8217;s easy to under-salt this dish because the beans are very bland.<\/p>\n<p>When everything is right, add the herbs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/bean_salad_oregano_2026.JPG\" alt=\"Oregano\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mix well (without crushing beans) then taste and adjust! My amounts are just guesses. The amount you will use will depend on the ingredients (they&#8217;re different each time) and your personal taste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/bean_salad_mixing_2027.JPG\" alt=\"Miriam sneaks a bite while mixing the salad\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Put in fridge.  It is best the next day but you can eat it after it chills.  Or right away, if you prefer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/bean_salad_tasting_2029.JPG\" alt=\"Finally! a bowlful of bean salad to eat\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My go-to dish. Super easy to make and Miriam&#8217;s favorite. If you ask her favorite food, she&#8217;ll tell you &#8220;kidney beans!!!!!&#8221; Normally I like to make beans from scratch, but it&#8217;s hard with a bunch of different kinds (because they require different cooking times). So canned is loads easier. Recipe: 4 cans of plain whole [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,3,22],"tags":[7,6,8,51,77,5,12],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-recipes","category-vegetables","tag-dairy-free","tag-egg-free","tag-gluten-free","tag-photos-family","tag-photos-food","tag-vegan","tag-vegetarian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}