5 Bean Salad Recipes

Combine black beans with fresh vegetables to make a fiber-rich vegetarian friendly salad.

This substantial salad offers a healthy balance of vegetables and protein. It provides a wide range of textures, colors, and seasonings.

A refreshing alternative to tuna salad. Pair with tomatoes and and some spinach leaves for a light lunch.

5 Bean Salad or Dip Style

High in protein & fiber, low in fat & calories

this IS a main dish !

This salad is always a hit at parties! Use as a fiber-rich dip, or eat it by itself.

A yummy low fat, high protein side dish

A little bit of Southwestern flair makes this protein-packed, whole-grain salad pop on any buffet table! Yields about 1 1/2 cups per serving, and 4 WW POINTS.

Just a little mayo goes a long way! Eat alone or on lettuce.

This recipe is adapted from one found on www.smittenkitchen.com. Makes 8 servings of 1 cup each. The ingredients are approximate, there is no need to be precise with this. Pretty much just add everything to taste! (This is also great as a salsa like dip for light tostito chips!) For more visual effect, use 1 green pepper and 1 each of red, orange, and yellow.

This is a yummy salad that is very flexible. Try subbing olive oil/balsamic vinegar as a dressing. Remember avocados are a little bit higher in the mono saturated (healthier) fats but also a great source of fiber! On the 2nd round of this salad, I tried adding dill and some rinsed, canned chicken. That was also good. Enjoy :)

*Rinsing beans, reduces sodium from what is listed

This is a great salad for a summer potluck or cookout. Proteins from the beans and quinoa also make this a bright summer lunch.

This is a sugar free version of My mothers famous bean salad. I use Splenda in order to make this sugar free but you could use any sugar substitute of your choice it doesnt have to be Splenda. It is very IMPORTANT to rinse the canned beans very...VERY well this will help reduce the sodium per serving by almost half as the beans are packed in a sodium based slime.....rinse very well and you can divide the soduim per serving by at least half.

Zinc Cafe in Corona del Mar serves a similar salad: Delicioso!

"The Girls" love me when I bring this to get-togethers :-)

Very multi-purpose dish. Extremely enjoyable!

Black Beans, Garbanzo Beans, Corn, and diced Veggies mixed with sweet & sour dressing. High in carbohydrates, fiber, and protein.

Here's a nice light salad packed with protein and perfect for the dog days of summer. This is delicious warm and even better chilled the next day.

This is a very versatile EASY thing to make! You can easily swap for pasta, gluten free pasta or even rice. Cilantro, Lime & Salsa are all optional if you would like to make it as a taco! You can use any wrap, just make sure you adjust the recipe to change nutritional info!

I used dried beans to make this salad and then made 3 different dressings by dividing up the beans into 3 dishes. It took about 3 hours to cook the beans, plus the soaking time of about 6 hours.

We wanted something cool and different from our traditional pasta salads. We also wanted it suitable for our vegetarian son. We made this up as we went along and it tastes pretty good.

This is a quick, light, refreshing salad. I found it on allrecipes.com. I omit the salt. You can alter it to your preference and use whatever you have on hand for the veggies.

Black beans, corn, red bell peppers, tomatoes, green onions and avocado tossed in a zesty lime olive oil dressing!

I "invented" this salad by looking at my school's salad bar and realizing that I could indeed make something I liked--all I had to do was throw it all on a plate!

Also includes plenty of protein without meat--I was trying to cut down on meat at the time.

This is a quick mediteranean dish.Very health for you you can serve it in small 1/2 cup bowls and eat it with toated whole wheat pitas.Vegetables that can be eaten with it are fresh spring onions, radish,horse radish,and mint leaves.

Yumminess! This is a quick and easy recipe for any night of the week. Lots of flavours and very generous serving sizes. Easy leftovers for lunch!

Yummy vegetarian side dish