Black Bean and Cucumber Salad

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Description

I came up with this salad when I realized I had some leftover salad items that needed to be used up. It’s refreshing and light! It can be easily adapted to include your favorite salad ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 1 seedless cucumber, quartered and cut into chunks
  • 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
  • ½ red onion, chopped
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 4 ½ teaspoons orange marmalade
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Toss cucumber
  2. black beans
  3. tomatoes
  4. corn
  5. and onion together in a large salad bowl.
  6. Whisk olive oil
  7. orange marmalade
  8. lemon juice
  9. honey
  10. and cumin together in another bowl; season with salt and pepper.
  11. Drizzle dressing over cucumber mixture; toss to coat.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 15 mins

Servings: 4

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