Italian Cannellini Bean Salad With Tomatoes And Olives
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5.0
15 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
15 mins
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Total Time
35 mins
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Servings
4 servings
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Calories
382 kcal
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Cuisine
Mediterranean, Italian
Italian Cannellini Bean Salad With Tomatoes And Olives
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This Italian Cannellini Bean Salad is healthy, flavorful and satisfying. Made with white beans, juicy roasted bell peppers, olives, marinated red onions, and dollops of vegan cashew cheese, it's the perfect cold side dish or easy lunch.
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Ingredients
- 2 bell peppers any color
- ½ c red onion thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Italian Herbs
- 1 (15-ounce can) cannellini beans drained and rinsed. Great Northern beans or Navy beans would also work
- ¼ c kalamata olives pitted and halved
- 15 grape tomatoes halved
- 3 tablespoon vegan Cashew Cheese I used Treeline Soft French Cashew Cheese
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoon cilantro chopped
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
Roast the peppers for the Italian Cannellini Bean Salad
- Preheat the oven to 450 F. Place bell peppers on a parchment lined baking sheet and roast for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, place peppers in a large bowl, cover with plastic wrap and leave for 5 minutes.
- Peel the skin off the peppers. Cut them in half, remove the seeds and slice each half into ½ inch strips. Place peppers in a large mixing bowl.
Marinate the red onion
- In a small bowl combine red onion, lemon juice, Italian herbs and salt. Leave for 5 minutes.
Assemble the white salad
- To the bowl with roasted bell pepper, add the red onion, drained and rinsed Cannellini beans, halved Kalamata olives, halved grape tomatoes, dollops of cheese, garlic pushed through garlic press and chopped cilantro. Drizzle with the olive oil and gently mix to combine. Adjust the salt and serve.
Notes
- Cashew cheese. I love using Treeline Soft French-Style Cashew Cheese, which almost tastes like a goat cheese cheese. It's really delicious in this salad. This Cashew cheese is sold in most grocery stores in the vegan aisle. If you are vegetarian, you can use regular goat cheese, Feta cheese or any other soft cheese.
- Using dried beans. You will have to use ½ c of dried Cannellini beans. Soak them overnight in plenty of cold water. The next day rinse the beans and cook in 4-5 cups of water for about an hour or until beans are tender.
- Storing and Meal Prep. I recommend consuming this Italian Cannellini Bean Salad on the same day.
- However if you're doing a meal prep, I suggest layering the ingredients in jars in the following way:
- Also, if you don't do the meal prep, but have the leftovers of the White Bean Salad, store them in the airtight containers in a refrigerator for about 2-3 days.
- Making ahead of time. Making this Italian Cannellini Bean Salad for a potluck or picnic? Here're some tips on how to prepare a part of this simple salad ahead of time:
- Then, whenever it's time to serve the Italian white bean salad, combine the already prepped peppers and onion, add the rest of the ingredients plus oil, mix and serve. Fast and easy.
- olive oil goes on the bottom of the jar, followed by white beans, roasted bell peppers, onion, olives, cheese and tomatoes.
- I also recommend not to slice the tomatoes for the meal prep, because they tend to release lots of liquid.
- roast the red bell peppers, cut them and then store in a fridge.
- marinate the onion and store it also in a fridge.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
382kcal
(19%)
Carbohydrates
40.4g
(13%)
Protein
10.9g
(22%)
Fat
23.2g
(36%)
Saturated Fat
3.4g
(17%)
Sodium
834mg
(35%)
Potassium
1197mg
(34%)
Fiber
9.6g
(38%)
Sugar
16.8g
(34%)
Calcium
94mg
(9%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 382 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 382kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 40.4g | 13% |
| Protein | 10.9g | 22% |
| Fat | 23.2g | 36% |
| Saturated Fat | 3.4g | 17% |
| Sodium | 834mg | 35% |
| Potassium | 1197mg | 25% |
| Fiber | 9.6g | 38% |
| Sugar | 16.8g | 34% |
| Calcium | 94mg | 9% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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15 reviews
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