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The Best Recipe For
Black Bean Salad?

Our recipe for black bean salad is a favorite among our family and friends, and a popular choice for a healthy meal at camp!

It's super easy and super quick - another reason it's a favorite!

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The Best Recipe For Black Bean Salad?

This salad is vegetarian and can be vegan if you leave out the halloumi cheese.

Black Bean Salad without the Halloumi

What you need

Black beans, a tin
Corn - fresh corn is great if it's in season. If not, use a tin
Avocado
Halloumi
Cherry tomatoes - halved - see below for how to grow your own!
Red pepper, chopped (or orange, yellow)
Onion, chopped - red or brown, your choice
Extra virgin olive oil
Lime, juice of half a lime
Cilantro, fresh chopped
Jalapeño, chopped - leave out if you're not a hot spice person!
Cumin, 1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste

The Best Recipe For Black Bean Salad?

What to do

Rinse and drain the black beans.

Mix the beans, corn, tomatoes, pepper, onion, cilantro, olive oil, lime juice, jalapeño, cumin and a dash of salt in a large bowl.

Stir well.

Slice the halloumi and sear it gently in a skillet till lightly brown. Keep tossing it!

Add the avocado and the halloumi to the salad bowl. We stir the avocado gently in and lay the halloumi on the top.

We will add a photo next time we make this salad!

Serve and enjoy!

You could serve the salad with a fresh green salad.

Another option is to serve with nachos or use it as a taco filling.

Tip - Grow your own cherry tomato plants

Mogsy found this tip on social media.

Simply cut a few cherry tomatoes in half and plant them seed side up in a tub of earth. Press about half an inch down. Water regularly.

We ended up with 3 really good tomato plants that grew huge and have given us really sweet, tasty tomatoes for the past few months. They are still producing fruit and taste way better than the supermarket cherry tomatoes - give it a go!!

We hope you enjoyed our recipe for black bean salad!

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