Tasty Salad

Feeling in the mood for something healthy today and inspired by my recent stay in Italy, I thought I'd make some kind of refreshing salad today.  I went through my cupboards and found some black-eyed beans and decided I needed a bean salad.  I didn't have much else, so I had to go shopping for some of the other ingredients, but I present you to the recipe I invented:

Tasty Salad:
1 red bell pepper
1 can black-eyed beans (mine were in salt water, but I drained them, so maybe it doesn't matter)
4 spring onions
2 tsp baby capers
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp olive oil
1/4 tsp coarsely ground cumin seeds
1/4 tsp coarsely ground black pepper
1/2 tsp coarse sea salt

Chop the bell pepper and spring onions and mix with the beans and capers in a bowl.  In a separate small bowl, mix the lemon juice, olive oil, cumin, pepper, and salt until they are well combined.  Pour the olive oil mixture over the bean mixture and stir with a wooden spoon.  Enjoy immediately or let sit for a more mixed flavor.

I ate about half of it right away, and it is delicious.  I like the taste of cumin in a salad.  Until recently, I only had cumin in cooked dishes, but a nearby restaurant, The Two Figs, puts it in everything, and while their food isn't that good, the cumin is.  I'm letting the rest set until after dinner, or perhaps I'll have it for lunch tomorrow.  I can't wait!