"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> Bean salad is my absolute favourite though for bean use Drain and wash
> the beans, drain some unsweetened crushed pineapple (to taste or bg
> effect), add some chopped onions and Paul Newman's Classic Dressing and
> let sit in the fridge for a few hours for the flavours to mix. Chopped
> shallots, celery and green peppers go well with it too.

I love beans, but I can't stand bean salad. I think it's the dressing. As
a child I wouldn't eat any sort of prepared salad. As a teen I discovered
that I liked some coleslaw and as an adult would eat some potato salad. I
think the problem for me is the dressing. I wouldn't eat any sort of pasta
salad until I had some that my friend made. It used Wishbone dressing, the
Italian kind. I tried it with other dressings and just didn't like it. I
can no longer use Wishbone due to some sort of allergen (soy?) and I think
they changed it to include HFCS which I will not use. But I have since
found a couple of Italian dressings we can use and they are good in this
salad, or as close to it as we can get, given the allergens.

Over the summer I do make a corn and bean salad that I like but there is no
dressing. Just corn cut from the cob (raw), chopped onion, chopped tomato
and black or kidney beans.