When I spotted this middle eastern bean salad called Balela on MeleCotte, I immediately saved it into my del.icio.us bookmarks under a recipe to try. That category always has lots of recipes saved, and I actually only manage to try a small percentage of them, but this time I had all the ingredients and made the salad right away. Simple recipes like this where you can use canned beans and still get a good result are my idea of convenience food, and this recipe was definitely a winner.Click to continue reading