Bean Salad

Trying to come up with something new for a cookout recently, I stumbled across this delicious recipe for bean salad.  It's very easy and it's sure to be a big hit at your next get together.  

Ingredients:

-1 (14.5 ounce) can green beans, drained

-1 (14.5 ounce) can wax beans, drained

-1 (15.5 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained

-1 (14.5 ounce) can kidney beans, drained

-1 (14.5 ounce) can black beans, drained

-1/2 cup chopped green pepper

-1/2 cup chopped onion

-1/2 cup chopped celery

-1/2 cup salad oil  (I wasn't sure what salad oil was. I found helpful information here. I ended up using canola oil,)

-1/2 cup vinegar (I used white wine vinegar.)

-1/2 teaspoon salt

-1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

• -3/4 cup white sugar

*To aim for less sodium, look for cans labeled "no salt added" or "low sodium."

Original recipe makes 12 cups.

Combine the green beans, wax beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, green pepper, onion, and celery in a large bowl; toss to mix.

Whisk together the oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and sugar in a separate bowl until the sugar is dissolved; pour over the bean mixture.

Refrigerate 8 hours (or overnight) before serving.