Dense Bean Salad
Dense Bean Salad is a quick Mediterranean salad: about 15 minutes from start to finish, for 4 servings. It is built around chickpeas, cannellini beans and cucumber. It is vegetarian, high-fiber and dairy-free. It is on the lighter side, at about 360 calories and 16 g of protein per serving.
- Total time
- 15 min
- Servings
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Calories
- 360 kcal
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Ingredients
For 4 servings
- 240 gchickpeas
- 240 gcannellini beans
- 1cucumber
- 1bell pepper
- 200 gcherry tomatoes
- ½red onion
- 80 gKalamata olives
- 5 tbspfresh parsley
- 3 tbspolive oil
- 2 tbspred wine vinegar
- 1 tspDijon mustard
- 1 clovegarlic
- 1 tspsalt
- ½ tspblack pepper
Instructions
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas and cannellini beans. Pat dry with a clean towel.
- Finely dice the cucumber, bell pepper, and red onion. Halve the cherry tomatoes and kalamata olives. Finely chop the fresh parsley.
- Mince the garlic. Whisk the olive oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, garlic, salt and black pepper in a jar until emulsified.
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and toss until evenly dressed. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes for the flavors to meld.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 360 kcal
- Protein
- 16 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Carbs
- 44 g
Approximate values for one serving.
About this recipe
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Dish type: Salad
- Diet: vegetarian, high-fiber, dairy-free
- In cookbook: Viral & Internet-Famous





