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Recipe Index » Recipes » Nanny’s Garden Four Bean Salad

Nanny’s Garden Four Bean Salad

Published by Meaghan on March 9, 2018 | last updated on June 7, 2022.

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An easy recipe, this version of Nanny’s Garden Four Bean Salad is the perfect healthy vegetable-laden dish to bring to Summer potlucks, barbecues, or any grilling parties. 

Nanny's Garden Four Bean Salad

I wish I had a green thumb. Like seriously, when it comes to gardening or raising anything other than tiny humans, I officially have a black thumb.

I kid you not, and it’s one of my biggest struggles. I try so hard. From orchids, to succulents, to herbs and back again. My rate of success is abysmal. 

Nanny's Garden Four Bean Salad

The hubs on the other hand, has most definitely inherited his mother’s green thumb.

He is the sole reason there’s a window garden offering a bevy of fresh herbs to choose from when it comes to cooking and plating our food.

Nanny's Garden Four Bean Salad

When I was little, my Grandma had a garden that took up half of her backyard- a 1/4 acre.

It didn’t seem amazing to me, or even out of the ordinary, back then but looking back, I wish I would’ve realized how totally awesome it was.

Instead, what I do remember is sitting at the foot of her recliner while she watched her favorite soaps, snapping beans with her for supper.

I remember prepping rhubarb for her favorite pies and even ice cream.

Biting into a fresh tomato off the vine that truly did taste like the sweetest fruit.

And finally, her holding a short aluminum ladder for me, while I took a small basket up to pick tart cherries from her special tree.

Nanny's Garden Four Bean Salad

Needless to say, I have all these cherished ‘garden’ centric memories growing up, and yet I inherited none of it. Not a single iota. I seriously have a black thumb.

It kills me, especially now that we’re moving back out into a more country-style residence.

My Mom still lives firmly in the ‘burbs, and yet she has beautiful flourishing rose bushes and is able to grow gigantic container fulls of heirloom tomatoes and even onions.

How is this possible? Where did I go wrong? Somewhere along the line, it just skipped me.

Nanny's Garden Four Bean Salad

Thankfully, there’s Nanny to the rescue! She grows every kind of bean known to man. She grows pretty much every kind of everything known to man, and is damn good at it. She also shares.

She’s never said anything, but I’m pretty sure she shares extra knowing how much growing my own isn’t my strong suit.

There’s literally nothing better that comes out of her garden than Nanny’s Garden Four Bean Salad.

I love that making it incorporated the best of both worlds for my kids.

I’m able to tell my stories from summers spent with my Grandma, and my kids are able to see it come to fruition with their own hands when the help their Nanny tend her own garden and harvest the beans.

Nanny's Garden Four Bean Salad

You can opt to use fresh, par boiled beans or you can use the canned one’s we’ve suggested.

This special Nanny’s Garden Four Bean Salad is where your Summer side dish game is at.

A mixture of family favorite beans and slivered onions are tossed in a sweetened vinaigrette, for a refreshing side salad that makes the perfect side dish for grilling season, including potlucks and backyard barbecues!

Other Fresh Vegetable Recipes To Try

  • Mexican Three Bean Salad
  • Garlic Ginger Green Beans
  • Corn Off The Cob Soup
  • Killer Marinated Tomato Salad
  • Crispy Garlic Parmesan Squash Chips

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Nanny's Garden Four Bean Salad

A healthy, garden fresh bean salad this easy recipe features beans tossed in a tart vinaigrette sauce.
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Author: Meaghan @ 4 Sons R Us
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Ingredients

  • 1 15 oz can green beans drained
  • 1 lb wax beans
  • 1 15 oz can dark red kidney beans drained & rinsed
  • 1 15 oz can garbanzo beans drained & rinsed
  • 1 white onion sliced into thin rings and separated
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 2/3 cup white vinegar
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 1/2 tsp each, salt & pepper
  • 1/2 tsp celery seed

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, add all of the beans and onion. Stir just until evenly mixed.
  • In a separate bowl, add the sugar, vinegar, oil, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Whisk until the mixture's evenly combined and smooth.
  • Pour the liquid evenly out over the beans, toss to coat and mix evenly. Transfer the bean salad to a tupper ware container, seal, and refrigerate for 8-12 hours before serving.
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  1. Angie | Big Bear's Wife says

    March 9, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    I wish that I had a green thumb too! I kill everything planted that I touch! I don’t understand. My dad has an amazing green thumb…me…not so much. This Four Bean Salad totally makes me think of my grandma!

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  2. Antonia says

    March 10, 2018 at 1:46 pm

    Looks like a delicious side! Thank you for sharing at Fiesta Friday!

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    • 4sonsrus says

      March 10, 2018 at 10:01 pm

      Thanks, Antonia!

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  3. Cinde says

    March 11, 2018 at 4:20 pm

    Hello, Thank you for the recipe! Should the wax beans be cooked first since they aren’t canned? If so how do you recommend cooking them? Thanks in advance.😊

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    • 4sonsrus says

      March 11, 2018 at 8:12 pm

      Absolutely, Cinde! We par boil them, so boil them for 3-4 minutes and then immediately transfer them to an ice water bath.

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  4. Cinde says

    March 12, 2018 at 5:51 pm

    Thank you!😊

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    • 4sonsrus says

      March 12, 2018 at 9:25 pm

      Of course- happy to help!

      Reply
  5. Alice says

    August 2, 2021 at 1:11 pm

    I have made a similar bean salad for years (yup, I’m a Grammy too)! I take probably 3 times as many cans of each bean as listed(I also add black beans, butter beans and lima beans) 2 large onions, 3 x as much vinegar and leave the oil out and can it. I add the oil when I open the jar & put the salad in the fridge to cool. This way, the oil won’t seep under the seal and possibly not get a tight seal. Enough salad for the year even when sharing with company!!!

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    • DIANA C WILLIAMS says

      July 27, 2022 at 3:44 pm

      Would you please give some instructions as to how you can these beans per your recipe.
      Thank you very much

      Reply

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