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Black Bean Salad Recipe

During the summer, it’s nice to find recipes that don’t heat up the kitchen. Potato salad and pasta salad require boiling water, and sometimes, it’s just too hot. Plus, you have to worry about potato salad spoiling at picnics and sometimes pasta salad is just too heavy. This black bean salad is a perfect alternative, and is sure to please everyone.

The recipe is very simple. Just combine a 15 ounce can of black beans with chopped onion, pepper, jalapeno, corn, garlic, parsley, lime juice, and olive oil. Season the salad with salt and pepper and allow the flavors to mix for at least 30 minutes. I like to make it a few hours before or even the day before to let all the flavor mix together. It’s a great salad that is light and refreshing. Perfect for summer picnics.