Tuscan bean salad Recipe

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Tuscan bean salad

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Ingredients:

1	cup	Dry white beans
2	tbsp	Extra-virgin olive oil
1	small	Red onion
3	tbsp	Fresh lemon juice
1/2	tsp	Salt
1/2	tsp	Freshly ground black pepper
1	can	Water-packed albacore tuna
		- drained and flaked (6 oz)
1/2	cup	Fresh basil leaves, thinly
		- sliced

Procedures:

1	Soak beans over night in cold water and drain.
2	Put beans in a large pot and cover with water.
3	Cook, covered, over low heat for 1 ?hours.
4	Drain well and mix with olive oil, then set aside.
5	Meanwhile, slice onion vertically in paper-thin slices and soak in cold water for 30 minutes, then drain thoroughly.
6	Combine lemon juice, salt and pepper and stir until salt is dissolved.
7	Add tuna and mix well.
8	Combine beans, onion, tuna and basil, and mix well.
9	Serve at room temperature.
10	Makes 4, 1 ?cup servings.
11	* beans must be soaked overnight.
12	Allow 30 minutes to soak onions on day of preperation.
13	Per serving: 326 calories (33.6% from fat), 8.4 gm fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 12.5 gm protein, 10.7 gm fat, 276 mg sodium.
14	Recipe from let"s live magazine august 199