Black Bean Salad Recipes

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

A yummy low fat, high protein side dish

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

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

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 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.

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.

This is a great salad served inside a whole-wheat pita with lettuce, salsa and a wedge of avocado. Great with tortilla scoops to serve as an appetizer.

This is a hearty and delicious salad that is so yummy and good for you.

This is a recipe that will blow you away! Even people who do not appreciate this sort of thing (like myself) will love it. I made all my beans from dried, but you can use canned if you are not concerned about corn derivatives. Just be sure to rinse and drain them! The original recipe called for 1 1/2 C cooked corn instead of chick peas, but I changed it to make the recipe corn and gluten free. You can always experiment with other types of beans. The friend who gave me this recipe put pinto beans in hers.

*****NOTE***** If you want to be sure that this recipe is also corn safe, you must:

1) use a high quality red wine vinegar -- check the label or call the manufacturer!
2) cook your own beans (or use a canned product that lists beans as its sole ingredient!)
3) use real lime juice that you squeeze from the fruit!
4) use non-iodized salt!
5) use high quality spices you can trust, like McCormick single ingredient spices (in this case, cumin)


FYI: 'Qinoa' is pronounced "keen-WAH"

I'll try to get a better pic next time I make it. I ate it all before I thought of it!

Quick and Easy Black bean and Corn salad/relish

A cold vegetable side dish with lots of protein. There's no cumin like most salads of this type, it relies mainly on the flavor of the fresh herbs.

A zesty and very hearty salad that can be served many different ways. Especially good on a bed of mixed Romaine and Spinach.

Can double as a dip with Tostito or Frito Scoops. Makes a great addition to an omlete if heated slightly. Lasts up to a week in the refidgerator.

Delicious mix of seeds, beans, colorful fruits and vegetables for a summery treat. Place 8 corn tortillas into the broiler for just 2 minutes or until crisp. Serve 1 cup of mix onto one tortilla. Serves 8.

A beautiful blend of color! Couscous, black beans, edamame, tomato, zucchini and feta.

Savory and easy salad for a complete lunch or dinner side dish.

This is one of the weight watchers recipe. Easy to make. Great Nutritional Value.

A Bean Salad you can use to top Brown Rice or Quinoa. Don't forget to add these to your tracking whether you use quinoa or rice. This recipe is packed with Protein/Fiber. One serving size is half a cup. You should end up with 4 cups a batch (hence 8 servings). Of course you can dramatically reduce the sodium if you use bagged beans and cook them yourself, but this is a time-saving recipe.

This is a Guy Fieri recipe from foodnetwork.com. Its a little sweet, a little spicy, but really good!

Mexican flavors in brown rice salad. Great warm or cold! Fresh taste and very little fat.

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!

Eat this on it's own, serve over greens or in a pita! Very versatile

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.

A wonderful recipe. It gets better the longer it sits. I use a combination of red, green and yellow peppers, about 1/3 of each and the salad just pops with color. If you only use one color, I'd go with red.

Be sure to thoroughly rinse the black beans as well as the corn before adding to the other ingredients. This dish is great as a garnish or a dip for tortilla or corn chips.