New Recipe

Fawn and I are having 2 of our friends, Matt and John, over for dinner tomorrow night. I offered to cook for them and in return, Matt offered that him and John would cook for Fawn and I. It sounded like a fair trade to me! Yesterday, Fawn and I were throwing around ideas for Tuesday night's menu. We decided that Italian Grilled Chicken would be on our menu, but were kind of at a loss for delicious sides. We easily settled on baked potatoes b/c they're simple and a great summer food. I started searching recipe sites for another delicious summer side. I found a recipe that looked pretty interesting for 3 Bean Salad. The ingredients included fresh rosemary and parsley and so I thought it was worth a try. We made the salad tonight and let me just say...it is AMAZING!! And it was so incredibly simple. There's no cooking involved, just chopping and mixing. Anyway, here's the delicious recipe from Simply Recipes (be sure to check the website for a good picture...I'm a visual person and always need a picture with my recipes):

Three Bean Salad Recipe

Ingredients

1 15-oz can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 15-oz can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 15-oz can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
2 celery stalks, chopped fine
1/2 red onion, chopped fine
1 cup fresh, finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 Tbsp fresh finely chopped rosemary

1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Method

1 In a large bowl, mix the beans, celery, onion, parsley and rosemary.

2 In a separate small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, sugar, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Add the dressing to the beans. Toss to coat.

3 Chill beans in the refrigerator for several hours, to allow the beans to soak up the flavor of the dressing.

Serves 4 to 8.