black bean salad

Ingredients

• - 16 oz. dried black beans
• - 1 stalk celery – chopped
• - 3 cloves garlic – chopped
• - ¼ red onion – chopped
• - ½ cup italian parsley – chopped
• - 1 cup of mixed pitted olives – chopped
• - 2-3 red chili peppers – chopped
• - ½ tsp. salt
• - ½ tsp. black pepper
• - ¼ tsp. red pepper flakes
• - 8 oz. of your favorite macaroni or couscous
• - dressing:
• - juice of 1 lemon
• - 3-4 tablespoons olive oil