Mediterranean Bean Salad
healthy summer salad idea
post updated 04/10/2024
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Easy homemade Mediterranean bean salad
This Mediterranean Bean Salad is not only a feast for your eyes with all the colorful veggies, but it’s bursting with flavor and health benefits. The Mediterranean diet is probably the most researched way of eating and world renown for it’s amazing heart-healthy benefits. This salad contains three types of beans, an excellent source of complex carbohydrates, plant-based protein and fiber. Bean fiber is a prebiotic that is important for your gut health, and nutritionist suggests we need 30 grams of fiber a day.
This salad recipe uses an easy-to-make Garlic Dijon Vinaigrette that adds so much flavor. Since this salad does not contain leafy greens, you can make and refrigerate to enjoy all week, the flavor keeps getting better each day and there is no sogginess or wilting. This recipe makes enough for 6-8 hardy bowlful servings.
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What does a Mediterranean bean salad contain?
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Just look at the array of colors! The more colorful your diet, the more healthy(…and not artificially colored, I’m talking about WHOLE FOODS!!!😉)