Bean salad is a common cold salad composed of various cooked beans – green beans, yellow wax beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans – and typically fresh raw onions, peppers, and/or other vegetables, tossed in a vinaigrette or vinegar[1] and characteristically sweetened with sugar.[2] It can also be prepared as a pickled dish.[3] Bean salad is a popular choice for home canning.[4] Salads prepared with this method should be used within a year for best quality[5].