This is my mother-in-law Roberta Cormia's recipe.
I think this salad is excellent. It's simple to prepare. I prefer making my own salads at home instead of purchasing the pre-made ones at the grocery deli counter. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I usually try to follow the directions exactly. I didn't have any jars of pimento peppers at home so I omitted that ingredient.
Read MoreI think this salad is excellent. It's simple to prepare. I prefer making my own salads at home instead of purchasing the pre-made ones at the grocery deli counter. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I usually try to follow the directions exactly. I didn't have any jars of pimento peppers at home so I omitted that ingredient.
Hubby is the bean salad expert and he thought the dressing wasn't quite what he expected. I usually use a 3 : 1 ratio of oil to vinegar.
It was good, but the sauce wasn't as vinegary as I like. Great combination of vegetables though!
I used fresh grean 3 color string beans from my garden. I blanched them and a white onion. Added a splash of ACV with the white for some tang. I have it in the frig to marinate...smell delicious! what a great way to have a cold dish with lots of veggies for the hot summer days! You could stretch this by adding pasta, chickpeas and even throw in a little cubed chicken or ham...
So easy and yummy! Reminds me of my grandma's bean salad (her's was a little sweeter). Thank you, ccormia (and your mother-in-law).
We also add a can of drained and rinsed garbanzo beans and lots more chopped red, green, and yellow peppers and onions. A favorite at church pot lucks and summer barbeques!!
Our traditional recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar and 3/4 cup water along with the other ingredients.
Fantastic recipe! Just what I was looking for! I used chickpeas instead of kidney beans because I was out of them and it tasted great. The chickpeas really absorbed the flavour of the dressing.
The only change I made was to add different peppers to make it more colorful. I didn’t add the pimento either because I couldn’t find any.
Delicious! We didn’t have pimentos on hand, so we omitted those. We added a can of garbanzo beans, making this a 4-bean salad.
