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As we sat there staring at what seemed like thousands of tiny pieces, she said, “I’m going to need a lot more wine than this if I’m going to put this thing together.”
It’s BBQ month so I’m celebrating with my favorite BBQ side salad. This healthy vegan bean salad is the easiest and quickest bean salad ever! Made with canned beans, only 6 ingredients and in 5 minutes, it’s not only my fave go-to summer salad recipes, it’s only 1 Weight Watchers Smart Point per 1/2 cup serving! It’s packed with fibre, protein and good fat (unsaturated). I make this most often when we’re throwing something on the BBQ and I need a quick barbecue side dish.
We had just moved into our new house and received a new BBQ as a housewarming gift:
So I had called my friend to come over to help me put the BBQ together. She was good at these sorts of things. Not only was she an engineer, but several years back, she had put together this massive oak desk that we had bought at a 2nd hand sale. It was beyond confusing and each piece felt like it weighed at least 50 lbs. Yet somehow she figured it all out. I was in awe.
It took her hours and all she got out of it was a burger. Now that’s a good friend.
But this time, I had wine to offer up and she liked that. The barbecue, however, was a different story.
It was a beast.
So we just drank more wine instead.
Then a few days later, to my complete surprise and joy, I came home to a working BBQ – in one piece! My husband had put it together. Again, I was in complete awe… especially because he seemed to think it was no big deal.
It was a big deal.
We use the BBQ quite a bit and seem to need a new one every few years. This BBQ is next on my BBQ purchase list: this Weber grill 
. After living in the house for 14 years, we’ve had a number of BBQ’s and each time we get a new one, he casually puts it together, like it’s no big deal.
Maybe because he doesn’t drink wine.
I continue to be in awe of those that can put things together so easily. And hope I am never again charged with that task.
My perfect world is one of NO assembly required.
The moral of the story is: don’t drink wine WHILE you are putting together a BBQ – wait until afterwards.
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Easy Bean Salad (Vegan)
This healthy vegan bean salad is the easiest and quickest bean salad made with canned beans, has only 6 ingredients and takes 5 minutes to make. It's not only my go-to summer salad recipe, it's only 1 Weight Watchers freestyle smart point per 1/2 cup! I make this most often when we're throwing something on the BBQ and I need a quick barbecue side dish.
Ingredients
- 2 14 oz can cut green beans drained
- 3 19 oz can mixed bean/bean medley (red kidney beans, chick peas, romano beans, great northern white beans) drained
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tsp white granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
Instructions
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Pour everything into a bowl and mix well. Serve.
Recipe Notes
I would not want to have the task of putting together a bbq. Thankfully my hubby does that too 😉 I absolutely love beans and try to eat them regularly. This salad is definitely a delicious one for all those summer get togethers. Love that it’s quick to put together too!
Hi Dawn: Yes, putting together BBQ’s is not for the faint of heart! I hope you enjoy the salad if you end up making it 🙂
This is my kind of recipe Terri. I’m going to pick up the ingredients tomorrow to give it a try!
Great, Sue.. I’d love to hear how you like it!
I thought this might be a good alternative to baked beans (which I love) but I’m really trying to stick to weight watchers points system, so this seem to fit. I like all the beans included. I couldn’t find mixed beans anywhere, so I just bought them all separately. Drained as best as I could. But once the salad was all mixed together, it was just a liquidy mess with a very strong vinegar and mustard flavor. I tried to balance it out adding a little more sugar, but it didn’t seem to help. I don’t know if the ratios are off, or if I did something wrong? Now I don’t have anything to take to cookout. My fault for not having back up plan 🙁
Hi,
I’m really sorry the recipe didn’t work out for you! I’d like to learn more from your experience – can you tell me about the kind of beans you used (size of cans etc)? If the beans aren’t totally drained, it could have been that. And yes, if you were looking for an alternative to baked beans as far as similar taste goes, this recipe would be far from ideal, as it is quite a tangy tasting salad and perhaps that’s just not what you had expected? or simply not your preference? I’d appreciate any info you could share so I could potentially improve my directions/instructions in the recipe etc.. Thanks for your feedback! Terri