Bean salad
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'Bean salad', is a common salad dish, composed of various beans -- (green beans and/or yellow wax beans), cooked garbanzo beans, cooked kidney beans and typically onions, peppers or other vegetables, in a vinaigrette broth, sometimes sweetened with sugar. Some bean salads contain barley, pasta noodles or rice in them.
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[edit] History
Salads of this type have commonly been used since at least the 19th century [1] for picnics and outings, as they can be preserved with little refrigeration. It was a favorite dish of J. Edgar Hoover, and it is believed that bean salad was one of the final dishes he ate before his death.
[edit] Nutrition
Consuming beans adds significant amounts of fiber and soluble fiber to a diet, with one cup of cooked beans providing between nine to thirteen grams of fiber.[2] Soluble fiber can help lower blood cholesterol.[2] Beans are also high in protein, complex carbohydrates and iron.[2] Adults are recommended to have two (female), and three (male) servings. 3/4 cup of cooked beans provide one serving.[3]
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- ^ a b c Mixed Bean Salad (information and recipe) from The Mayo Clinic Healthy Recipes. Accessed February 2010.
- ^ [2]. Accessed November 2011.
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