{"id":737,"date":"2005-03-17T11:21:21","date_gmt":"2005-03-16T22:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/?p=737"},"modified":"2021-05-18T09:43:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:43:11","slug":"chunky-bean-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/chunky-bean-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Chunky bean salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Serves 2 as a one-dish vegetarian salad. Or serves 4 as a side dish.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Step 1 (Optional) \u2013 Cook the eggs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want hard boiled eggs with the salad, set them to boil now. By the time the rest of the salad is done, they should be ready.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Step 2 \u2013 Make the dressing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">In the food processor or blender, zizz up a tin of tomatoes (including the juice).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Add a slosh of olive oil, some \u201cItalian\u201d dried herbs, a little salt &amp; some garlic (optional). Blend some more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Step 3 \u2013 The \u201ccomplete protein\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Drain &amp; rinse a large tin of pinto beans. (Later, we\u2019ll cook our own). Shake off excess water. Put into a large bowl.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Add the dressing and mix well.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Add a couple of tablespoons of chopped crispy walnuts, brazils or macamias<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Add a couple of tablespoons of crispy sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The nuts and seeds are optional if you\u2019re including the hard boiled eggs, or serving this as a side dish with meat, poultry or fish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Step 4 \u2013 The crunchy veges<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Choose some crunchy veges eg. red pepper, cucumber, radish, baby turnip, carrot.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Roughly chop up about 2 cups. Add and mix well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Step 5 \u2013 Finishing touches<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">If you did some eggs, peel &amp; slice or chop them, and sprinkle them over the top.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Or you could add a little tinned salmon (Alaskan) or tuna (Skipjack or Albacore)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">But the beans, nuts and seeds make a complete protein, so the egg or fish is optional.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Variation:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">You could also add your red pepper to the dressing instead of including with the veges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serves 2 as a one-dish vegetarian salad. Or serves 4 as a side dish. Step 1 (Optional) \u2013 Cook the eggs If you want hard boiled eggs with the salad, set them to boil now. By the time the rest of the salad is done, they should be ready. Step 2 \u2013 Make the dressing In the food processor or blender, zizz up a tin of tomatoes (including the juice). Add a slosh of olive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,13,9,7,10,3,18,4,23,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1452,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}