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Summer Bean Salad

August 12, 2010 by Angie 7 Comments

This is the last of my 5-part series on recipes for camping trips.
Whew! Are you bored yet, or are you inspired?
I like to think that I have inspired some campers to mix it up a little. I hope so.
Camping Bean Salad1To be clear, we do have hamburgers sometimes….everyone in our family likes them. I just make sure that I make the burgers before we leave home so that my husband just has to put them on the grill.
And we take hotdogs for snacks because, afterall, what is a camping trip without roasting weinies on a campfire?
On our last camping trip, I took along a bean salad which included lots of veggies. It’s a fresh take on the bean salad that we all used to eat 20 years ago…you know…the one with the canned wax yellow & green beans. The recipe comes from Eat, Shrink & Be Merry. (I know, I know..those sisters again.)
I chose this recipe because it’s a marinated salad and it only gets better with age, therefore, it makes a great camping recipe.
I modified the recipe a bit because my husband is not crazy about too many beans. {And everyone has to sleep in a tent together…so enough said about that.} So I reduced the bean requirement to half and added more diced bell peppers.
 
The recipe made so much that it actually fed 3 families and we still had some leftover!

 

The recipe is two parts: one part for the beans & veggies; one part for the dressing. The ingredient list seems long, but the effort is worth it…I promise!

Salad:
2 cups fresh or frozen green beans, lightly steamed to just bright green. {I used frozen organic from Costco.}
1cup canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 cup canned black beans, drained and rinsed
1 cup red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
Note: You are only using half a can of beans for the above beans. I tossed the leftover beans into a ziploc bag & placed in the freezer.
1 can whole kernel corn ( I used mini corn…I just like the look better.)
1 cup diced red onion
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 yellow bell pepper, diced
1/2 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
Dressing:
1/2 cup light olive oil
1/2 cup white vinegar
2 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. dijon mustard
1/2 tsp. celery seed
salt & pepper to taste.

Combine all salad ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well.
Whisk together dressing ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and pour over salad ingredients. Stir gently. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

I served the salad as a side to our hamburgers one night for dinner. It was so good.

This salad travels really well. I highly recommend it!
And to finish off this series, here are two of my favourite things in our camping kitchen…
A handy, dandy screen to keep those pesky flies off of the salads.
And our cutlery caddy to keep everything handy at the table, so I don’t have to get up a million times searching for things.
I hope on your next camping trip you feel inspired to try something new and fun!
 
If you liked this recipe, here are some other amazing camping recipes:
Potato Boat Dinners
Warm Cheesey Dip
The BEST Picnic Sandwich
Lumberjack Breakfast
Super Easy Upside Down Pineapple Cake
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Marinated Steak
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Comments

  1. Land family says

    August 13, 2010 at 1:54 am

    Looks delish! Makes me hungry just reading. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  2. Milk and Honey Home says

    August 15, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    I am going to try that salad this week! I love salads like that…and so do the kids.

    Reply
  3. Grace @ Sense and Simplicity says

    August 17, 2010 at 7:13 pm

    That salad looks fantastic. I still make the bean salad made from cans of beans, but this does look like a nice improvment.

    Reply
  4. Kristen Lavergne says

    June 21, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    We are going on a camping trip soon with another family & we're sharing the meals & WOW…I'm using almost ALL of these recipes! I'm grateful that many of them can be tweaked slightly for vegans like myself-thanks! I don't think we'll even be having the ol' standby burgers/hot dogs & beans w/mac n cheese- this looks WAY better!

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  5. Unknown says

    June 22, 2013 at 3:37 pm

    Thanks for all the ideas! I have a question on the salad and how well it keeps. Could I make it Fri morning (before we leave) and serve it with dinner on Sun night? Would it keep that long or is that too long in the cooler?

    Thanks!

    Reply
  6. Michelle Thomas says

    November 10, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    This was very yummy. I added jarred peperoncinis and omitted the chick peas (my kids won't eat them) and this dish was a huge hit.

    Reply
  7. เบอร์สวย says

    September 26, 2015 at 2:08 am

    Hello! I’ve been reading your web site for a while now and finally
    got the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Lubbock Tx!
    Just wanted to tell you keep up the good work!

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