‘Tis the season for the summer salad!

Last week I made a Creamy Spinach Bow Tie Pasta Salad (you can still vote for it on Pinterest and you can still ENTER TO WIN $25 in assorted whole grain pasta from Hodgson Mill!). Sunday, after a strong but hot workout on my bike, I was craving a bean salad. I took a look in my pantry to see what dry beans I had on hand and what vegetables I had, as well. I saw a bag of unopened azuki beans and immediately wanted to cook them up. Azuki beans (also known as adzuki and azuki) are common in East Asia and are packed with nutrition.

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I love playing with Asian flavors when cooking azuki beans, as I did with my Asian-Azuki Bean Crockpot Chili and my raw Asian-Azuki Bean Humus, and I did so once again for this tasty, versatile bean salad.