Black Bean Salad

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 teaspoons lime juice or 3 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed (3c.)
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes or 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
• 4 scallions, sliced
• 1 red pepper, cut into thin strips
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro or 3 tablespoons fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 in small bowl stir together lemon juice, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper until salt dissolves.
• 2 slowly whisk in oil until mixture thickens.
• 3 in large bowl combine beans, tomatoes, scallions, yellow or green pepper and cilantro or parsley.
• 4 toss with dressing to coat.
• 5 let stand at least 15 minutes before serving.