Eh, it was okay.

After somewhat of a hiatus, I managed to cook a little today. We've been sticking to the BBQ since the kitchen is somewhat of a mess (remodel). At least it's during warm weather when we can use the grill...

Speaking of grill, we are doing just that for Dad. I mean, Dad will do the grilling, but it's for Father's Day. I signed up to bring something and settled on a bean salad. Whatever I bring has to keep in the car for several hours so my choices were restricted. None the less, I found an interesting little bean salad that isn't perishable - it can go bad, but it's all herbs, spices and beans - no mayo or anything. In fact it's served warm.

It's not often I can't imagine how a recipe will taste. This one has me curious. As subsets, it's a classic ingredients list:

cilantro, onion, jalapeno, lemon, salt (sounds like salsa, well substitute lime for lemon and you're most of the way there)
garlic, cumin, paprika (mmmm chili)
roasted red pepper, olive oil, lemon zest & juice, parsley, mint (cold pasta salad with tomatoes and mozzarella...yum)

But they all go together in the same pink bean salad. So you want to know how it tastes? Ha! You will have to wait until after I get back from Chicago!

Recipe taken from Fine Cooking, July 2003