Turkish Piyaz (Bean Salad)

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 cups cannellini beans
• 1 1/2 cups dark red kidney beans
• 2 fresh tomatoes, diced (I used various colors of heirloom tomatoes including San Marzanos)
• 4 green onions, chopped (green and white parts-use purple scallions if you can find them)
• 1 small banana pepper, thinly sliced (also known as cubanelle)
• 1/4 medium red onion (diced or sliced)
• Lettuce (to line the platter, optional, optional) (optional) or mixed greens (to line the platter) (optional)
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• salt, to taste
• fresh crack black pepper, to taste
• 3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and each egg quartered
• black olives (I used Greek black olives)
• fresh parsley (NOT dried)