What salad to cook with beans: simple recipes with photos (+ bonus video)

Beans are a versatile product that can be used in a variety of dishes. And often it is added to salads to make their taste more intense. However, they can be nutritious or quite light. We at joy-pup offer several bean salad recipes.

Watch a simple video recipe for bean salad

Salad with beans and tomatoes

To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:

• 400 g canned beans
• 250g cherry tomatoes or tomatoes, cut in half
• 1 red onion, finely chopped
• 1 green pepper, finely chopped
• Juice of half a lemon
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Fresh parsley for garnish

Step by step preparation:

• Rinse beans under cold water and let stand.
• In a large bowl, mix beans, tomatoes, onion and pepper.
• In another bowl, mix lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Pour this dressing over the salad.
• Mix all the ingredients so that they are evenly soaked in the sauce.
• Garnish the salad with fresh parsley.

Greek bean salad

Spice up a classic Greek salad with beans. For this you will need:

• 400 g canned beans
• 1 cucumber, diced
• 200 g cherry tomatoes or tomatoes, cut in half
• 1 red onion, cut into thin half rings
• 100 g feta cheese
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Coarsely chopped fresh mint leaves for garnish

Step by step preparation:

• Rinse beans under cold water and let stand.
• In a large bowl, combine the beans, cucumber, tomatoes, onion, and feta.
• In another bowl, mix olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, salt and pepper. Pour this dressing over the salad.
• Mix all the ingredients so that they are evenly soaked in the sauce.
• Garnish the salad with fresh mint leaves.

Mexican salad with beans and avocado

If you like spicy food, check out this salad. Ingredients:

• 400 g canned black beans
• 1 avocado, diced
• 1 red onion, finely chopped
• 1 green chili, finely chopped
• 200 g corn (canned or fresh)
• Juice of half a lime
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Fresh cilantro for garnish

Step by step preparation:

• Rinse beans under cold water and let stand.
• In a large bowl, combine the beans, avocado, onion, chili and corn.
• In a separate bowl, mix lime juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Pour this dressing over the salad.
• Mix all the ingredients so that they are evenly soaked in the sauce.
• Garnish the salad with fresh cilantro.

To be continued…