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Colorful bean and fruit salad recipe

This hearty salad recipe features a myriad of beans, vegetables, olives and rice smothered in a spicy yogurt dressing - great for a meatless main course.

 

This healthy, fast and easy to make vegetable and fruit salad makes a great side dish, desert, or first course for a family dinner or dinner party. This vegetarian recipe serves 4.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup canned pinto beans, drained

½ cup canned kidney beans, drained

½ cup butter beans, drained

3 cups mixed vegetables, defrosted (peas, carrots, corn)

1 cup black olives, pitted and halved

1 cup cooked long grain rice, cooled

3 cups yogurt

1 tbsp. garden herbs (parsley, mint, chives and rosemary) finely chopped

lettuce leaves to serve

METHOD:

Combine pinto beans, kidney beans, butter beans, peas, carrots, corn, black olives, rice, yogurt, parsley, mint, chives and rosemary. Arrange lettuce leaves on a platter. Spoon bean mixture on top. Serve chilled as a great meatless main course, or as a side dish to barbecued chicken or steak.



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