What to do with beans and legumes? String beans, black beans, chickpeas…They just seem… boring, tasteless…yuck.
But bean salads are not only incredibly nutritious, but also can be very satisfying, filling, and delicious! Try these EASY and FAST ideas.
Add spices, dressing (oil and vinegar/ lemon or lime juice), salt, pepper – for perfection!
Important: If you choose dried beans or legumes, they MUST be soaked (and often cooked). Follow the package directions. Doing so will rehydrate them and drain the indigestible sugars which can upset your stomach.
10 Options:
- Cowboy Caviar: Corn, tomatoes, red onion, avocado, black beans, and black-eyed peas.
- Green Bean Salad: Green beans, red onion, cherry tomatoes, and feta cheese.
- Antipasto Chickpea Salad: red vinegar + mustard dressing, chickpeas, artichoke hearts (canned or jarred), mozzarella, baby spinach, salmi or ham (cubed)
- Black Bean and Corn Salad: Black beans, avocado, red onion, corn, cherry tomatoes, garlic – top with cilantro, cumin, chili powder, olive oil and lime juice dressing
- Mediterranean Chickpea Salad: chickpeas (canned), cucumber, red bell pepper, red onion, feta, Kalamata olives – with oil, vinegar, lemon juice, parsley dressing
- Three-Bean Salad: Kidney beans, cannellini beans, green beans, red onion – topped with red vinegar, olive oil and parsley dressing.
- Zucchini & White Bean Salad: cooked zucchini, cannellini beans – with Caesar dressing, parmesan cheese – and even pasta!
- Picnic Three-Bean Salad: Cannellini beans, kidney beans, chickpeas, celery, red onion – with olive oil + apple cider vinegar + parsley dressing.
- Chickpea and Eggplant Salad: Cubed, cooked eggplant, chickpeas, feta – with parsley, oregano, cayenne, olive oil dressing.
- Quinoa and Black Bean Salad: Cooked quinoa, corn, red or green bell pepper, black beans, and jalapenos if you dare! – with cilantro, red vinegar or lime juice, olive oil and cumin dressing .
