Easy bean salad is a staple in my house. From family potluck dish, to make ahead salad for boating (or camping), to meal prep lunches this dish is in heavy rotation. In fact, I probably make this easy bean salad at least twice a month.
Usually we make the salad with canned beans, but during the summer when green and yellow beans are plentiful I’ve taken to using fresh beans in my bean salad, especially when we belonged to the CSA last year and had more beans than we knew what to do with! If you don’t have fresh beans on hand, or even just don’t feel like blanching your own feel free to swap out the fresh beans for a tin each of yellow and green beans – drained of course.
The simple lemon garlic dressing on this bean salad is so fresh tasting and highly addictive! Also, it is completely sugar free – added sugar is one of my main disappointments with pre-made bean salad.
Although you can serve this salad immediately after making it, for best results plan ahead, and allow the salad to marinate for at least an hour before serving – I promise it is worth the wait 🙂
DIETARY CONSIDERATIONS
This recipe for easy bean salad is suitable for the following diets:
- vegan and vegetarian
- clean eating and whole thirty
- gluten free, dairy free, and allergy friendly
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Easy Bean Salad
Ingredients
- 1⁄2 lb green beans trimmed and halved
- 1/2 lb yellow beans trimmed and halved
- 1 19 oz can red kidney beans drained and rinsed
- 1 19 oz can lentils drained and rinsed
- 1/3 cup chopped parsley
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic crushed
Instructions
Steam the green beans for 5 minutes, or until tender.
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and toss thoroughly.
For best flavour, allow the salad to marinate for a couple of hours before serving.
I love easy side dishes like this that are packed with nutrients + good stuff! I’m going to have to try adding lentils to my next bean salad 🙂
You should! They are delicious, and I just love the added protein.
This looks so colorful and healthy! YUM!
I can see why you make this so often. It’s healthy, delicious and looks super impressive! Very pretty!
Thank you 🙂
What a beautiful looking salad! Sounds so delicious too – I love beans of all kinds and this sounds perfect!
Thanks so much! 🙂
We forget how wholesome and tasty beans can be. Great salad!
Bean salad is such a delicious dish to make; easy to make, looks amazing and full of flavours. Perfect for a family meal, and it would be nice packed in to a lunch box to take to work.
You can’t go wrong with a 3 bean salad! I love this as a side dish or a healthy meal in itself.
I agree… beans salad is always better if it can sit overnight and draw out all the flavour goodness.
What a great healthy recipe! I love all the plant-based protein in this and the lemon garlic dressing sounds dreamy!
It’s great that you mentioned allowing the salad to marinate. I’ve noticed that it is the case for many salads – they do become super flavorful after some time, and it is completely worth waiting!
Looks like a perfect dish for a potluck, and so pretty! Can’t wait to try.
This is my kind of salad!! I love me a good bean salad, but rarely make it myself for some reason!
I was just looking for a good bean salad because beans are 0 points on Weight Watchers. This is definitely the one I’m going to make!
Enjoy! Hope you love it 🙂
Such a simple and delicious classic – and it goes so well with all kinds of family meals!