(For your viewing pleasure, I've done this recipe Pioneer Woman style!)
Here are the ingredients: salt, pepper, vegetable oil, vinegar, brown sugar, a can of baked beans, a small can of green beans, a small can of butter beans, garlic, basil (fresh or dried), half of a green pepper. I think you Americans out there call this a bell pepper.

In a small bowl measure out a quarter cup of vinegar. This is the Bean Salad Bowl. Of course I use it for other things, but if I make bean salad it's always in this bowl. Do you also do this? Have a specific bowl and don't think of putting a particular dish in anything else?

Next tip in a third of a cup of brown sugar.

Now add a quarter cup of vegetable oil.

You'll want to add some basil next. Go ahead and use dried if you want, I won't judge you. My basil plant is growing like mad, so I used fresh. Here's a little tip for chopping fresh herbs. Put some in a regular mug:

Then use a clean pair of scissors to just cut like mad in the mug. All of the herbs will get chopped up quickly and cleanly!

Add the basil to the vinegar / oil / sugar and season with salt, pepper and some crushed garlic. Heat the dressing in the microwave for about a minute - this will help the flavours to blend and the sugar to dissolve a little.

Give the dressing a stir, then chuck in a can of baked beans, sauce and all.

Drain a small can of green beans and add the beans.

Drain a small can of butter beans and add them too.

Chop up half a green (bell) pepper and add.

Stir it all up and leave to refrigerate for at least four hours or so.


Copy and paste for a printable recipe:
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Dressing:
1/4 C vinegar
1/3 C brown sugar
1/4 C vegetable oil
basil
salt and pepper
1 clove garlic, crushed
Salad:
1 can baked beans
1 small can green beans
1 small can butter beans
half green bell pepper, finely chopped
Mix dressing ingredients. Microwave for 1 minute, then stir again. Add baked beans. Drain and add the green beans and butter beans. Add the green pepper. Stir and refrigerate for at least four hours.
Make ahead: This whole salad can be made up to two days before your dinner party.
To serve at the dinner party: I served this in little glass bowls as a first course.