5 bean salad basic Recipes

green beans , topped and tailed, chickpeas, drained and rinsed, red kidney beans, drained and rinsed, cannellini beans, drained and rinsed, corn kernels, drained and rinsed, spring onions, sliced, red capsicum, finely chopped, celery ribs, chopped, gherkins, chopped, chopped mint, chopped flat leaf parsley, favourite basic vinaigrette, dijon mustard, garlic clove, crushed

salami, try : salami felino, finocchiona, napolitano, soppressata or cacciatore or a bit of each., bacon bits or small pieces of kielbasa or other such flavourful sausage., shaved smoked ham ., olives , basic lack or kalamata type, red, pink, green or brown., artichokes, fresh , in a jar or whatever. i like fresh., mushrooms , , . puffballs, morels, oyster, button, straw, porto bella, shitake, etc., tomatoes , please use vine ripened., fresh mug bean or alfalfa sprouts., peppers , bell, anaheim, whatever suits., fresh melon , cantaloupe, honey dew, etc., asparagus tips. again , fresh is best but any kind in a pinch; or use fresh spinach., cheese. take your pick according to your taste. different taste in cheese really changes the whole salad., cooked beetroot. fresh is best but canned will do. drain well ., baby (miniature) corn cobs; well drained ., olive oil. i use the old fashioned kind to get more flavour., some good wine vinegar, smoked salmon. if you can tsp get good smoked salmon don tsp use any ., braised small medallions of spiced beef , lamb, pork, fowl, alligator, etc. dice into 2 by 2 cubes. take your pick or do two or three kinds and let your table mates choose. cook to taste, cool before serving., shrimp , crab, lobster, squid, fish, etc. if it needs cooking do that and let it cool., boiled egg sliced ., salad dressings of your choice., seeded dates ., raw cauliflower or broccoli., sunflower seeds or your choice of nuts., sliced tomatoes & sliced bell or anaheim peppers., fresh endive or iceberg lattice. try the tinder tips of watercress, romaine lattice, etc., sliced maui onion. if you can tsp get maui onions get the mildest you can find ., anything i forgot

cut green beans (about 1/2 lb), chopped basic grilled flank steak (about 6 oz), minced shallots (about 1 small), pink beans, rinsed and drained, black soybeans, rinsed and drained, red wine vinegar, extravirgin olive oil, salt, dried oregano, freshly ground black pepper

white beans, chickpeas, black beans, chopped parsley, garlic clove, crushed, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper