Bean Salad-Dennis Favorite

Ingredients:

1 can black beans-rinsed

2 cans black eyed peas-rinsed

1 can She peg or yellow corn

4 green onions- chopped

1/2 cup parsley-chopped

2 clove garlic-minced

8 oz.Marzetti's Sweet Italian Dressing

Marinate and serve.

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This recipe is Dennis Dobberstein's favorite. Doesn't it look yummy!!!

He brought it to the potluck Dec. 1

Thanks Dennis!

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I forgot to add the corn to above recipe. I put it on a bed of dark greens.

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Comments from Verna's kitchen:

1. I took Dennis's recipe, which is excellent, and made a few changes, just because I have to watch my sodium and I need to eat more raw veggies.
2. I used only 1 can of Black Eyed Peas as I found they were high in sodium.
3. I did fine a brand Shurfine Black eye Peas with 250 mg. Most brands were way higher than that. In place of the can of Black Eyed Peas, I substituted Kuners Pinto Beans with no salt added.
4. Also because I like crunchy, I added red pepper, celery, and broccoli to the above recipe.
5. I did cut way back on the dressing, because for me it had too much sugar. (it sure is good though), Again, I used some of the dressing, and added dry Italian Seasoning and some black pepper as I like a bite to my food.

Just a thought, this recipe is such a great recipe and so very versatile, you could add to it as much as you like. Or keep it just like Dennis gave to us!!! Thanks again Dennis.

Enjoy!!!

Have a super day!!