Name: Layered 7-Bean Salad in a Jar
Prep time: 15 min
Ingredients: assorted beans, either canned, dried, fresh or frozen (see above for the exact beans I used); colorful bell pepper, finely chopped; red onion, minced; English cucumber (the kind that comes wrapped in plastic) finely diced. Don't peel!; several sprigs of fresh thyme; lemon vinaigrette:; juice and zest of 1 lemon; salt and pepper; olive oil