My wife’s 3 Bean Salad

I know that this recipe is a classic and many of you may think it’s outdated, but when you put it out at a barbecue, it’s a perfect salad that gets gobbled up in the end.

Ingredients

• 1 can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1 can of cut green beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 can of cut yellow beans or kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 3 celery stalks, sliced
• 1 red onion, diced
• 4 cherry tomatoes, halved

For the vinaigrette:

• 3\4 cup of apple cider vinegar
• 1\2 cup of sugar
• 1\4 cup of oil
• Salt and Pepper

Recipe

Mix and Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Healthy Quinoa and Beet salad with a Citrus Balsamic Vinaigrette

Everyone is into quinoa these days, so here is my special quinoa recipe I learnt at chef school

Ingredients

• 1 cup of cooked quinoa
• 3 cooked beets
• 1 red onion, diced
• 2 tbls of balsamic vinegar
• Fillet of 1 orange and the juice squeezed out of it
• 1 bunch of fresh mint chopped
• Salt and pepper

Recipe

1. Cook the quinoa according to the instructions on the package.
2. Saute the red onion until browned.
3. Once everything is cooked, mix the rest of the ingredients together and serve cold.