Black Bean Salad with Lime-Cumin Dressing

I came across this in 2003 and have made it over and over for years! We agree, a very refreshing salad for warm climate days of spring & summer. the lime-cumin dressing is light & refreshing and if you want to kick it up a knotch, there are always peppers - - I usually add chopped jalepeno's or a serano - - as we love the kick - - It is definitley a keeper!

Good, easy, light and a nice change of pace from my usual blac kbean salad. I chopped up my onions just a tad and my cumin was a generous 0.25 tsp, otherwise I followed the recipe. Great for picnics.

A must have for every picnic or barbecue for nearly ten years. We did, however, make two minor changes. First we start with dry beans (better texture and less cost) and replaced half the beans with roasted corn (frozen whole kernel under the broiler, stir frequently)).

Nah, not so much. I needed a side dish for chicken enchiladas and had high hopes for this recipe with the other reviews being promising, but it seemed quite bland to me. Don't know what it would need to dress it up enough to be worth keeping, but I will probably not try it again regardless.

I have made this recipe every year since it was published in 2001. We love it! In the hot climates we have lived in, this is a refreshing, simple salad that carries one of my favorite spices - cumin. We simply never tire of it.