White Bean & Tomato Salad I Made It

White Bean & Tomato Salad

frankieanne 8 years ago
posted by Semigourmet53
White Bean Tomato Salad
I love bean salads - especially white bean salads. Not certain what has happened to my taste buds but I am finding that I find extra virgin olive oil overpowering (for me) in salad dressings so I used canola and it was just great! I have a lot of tomatoes to use up and I also had a bunch of green onions in my refrigerator that I needed to use. This recipe couldn't have come at a better time for me! Loved it!
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Cosmicmother 8 years ago said:

Looks great Frankieanne!
I like white beans too. :) Semigourmet has added lot's of great recipes!

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NPMarie 8 years ago said:

Ha! You beat me to this one FA! I love bean salads as well and when I saw this I put it on my short list to make..looks delicious, love your pic!

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mommyluvs2cook 8 years ago said:

This looks fabulous! So glad it turned out great for you FA, looks great!!

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

Thank you, ladies. It is really good. Yes, Semigourmet has been very busy! :)

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pointsevenout 8 years ago said:

It is so difficult to get REAL EVOO in the states. It is quite pricey, along the line of real balsamic vinegar. And after about 3 months the oil can start having off notes as it turns.
Good Extra Virgin Olive Oil has no flavor.

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

I know, pso!! Its so exasperating. A couple of years ago, I had a bottle of olive oil and when I opened it up, I swear it smelled like diesel. I chugged it down the drain. I buy Colavita only because I read somewhere that it is the best in that particular price range but it still isn't fabulous.

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pointsevenout 8 years ago said:

Colavita won a taste testing at Americas Test Kitchen. It still isn't genuine REAL EVOO.

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

Yeah, America's Test Kitchen. That's where I saw it.

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Semigourmet53 8 years ago said:

Morning Ladies and Gents. So glad you liked that salad FA! it's my hubby's and my sisters favorite also. As for the olive oil debate. (as it always is) I used to use Bertoli (spelling) I used it for years. then a friend of mine said that they had done a blind test on many different olive oils in the US. and listed out the top 5 Trader Joe's brand was like number 2 or 3. I went out and bought a bottle. now they had said that Bertoli tasted greasy (hello it's oil?) well, I put some Bertoli on my finger and tasted it YUCK! greasy, rancid tasting, and Very strong. so I put some of the Trader joe's brand on my finger. OMG! Not greasy (WHAT??) and light tasting, and very nice. and MUCH CHEAPER than my preferred brand for years before. I dumped the last bit of Bertoli went with the Trader Joe's brand Much Much more mild and where I used to pay about 8 dollars for 16 ounces of Bertoli. TJ's is about 2.99 for 16 ounces. they have another brand at TJ's that was number 1 but I just went with TJ's brand.

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

Thank you for the olive oil information, Semigourmet. I used to use Bertoli but that was the brand that smelled so awful the one time I opened up a bottle so - no more. Trader Joe's is about 60 miles from me but it may be worth it to go to try their olive oil.

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bakerme 8 years ago said:

I never did like olive oil, but found a really really mild one called Al-Wadi at a local international food store. For the past few years I've been making our salad dressings and have had to chuck most of the olive oil based ones down the drain because the oil flavor is too overpowering, even the mild one. Now I don't make any oil based dressing unless I've had it somewhere else first, just to keep from wasting ingredients.

On a different note, Mommyluvs2cook, per your suggestion, I checked Williams-Sonoma for balsamic vinegar, something else I don't really like, but found a FABULOUS one! It's the Olivier 25 year-aged and is a bit pricey, but worth it! Now I don't remember if that's the one you recommended, but I love it!

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pointsevenout 8 years ago said:

The black top sleeving with red wax stamped on top is the good stuff in balsamic.
If you want an olive oil without much flavor at all, as it should be, try lite olive oil.
Lite olive oil is extra filtered to get out a bunch of stuff with the end result of having a much higher smoke point. Its color is lighter than the other oils. That's why it's called lite. That lite olive oil moniker is a bit misleading.
If you're into fried foods, lite olive oil is the way to go.

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

I've never fried foods in olive oil, pso! I guess I didn't even realize you "could." I always use a canola/vegetable blend.

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Semigourmet53 8 years ago said:

YW FA. also Trader Joes has the least expensive and lowest sodium Soy sauce I have found. also. their soy sauce has 100 less mg of sodium than Kikkomon's and is only about 3 dollars for a 17 ounce bottle. and their basamic is cheap too. not too bad either. it's not as good as a 25 year old by any stretch but it is good and great for cooking, and marinades. for a darned site less.

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