White Bean Tossed Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Place beans, celery, red pepper, vinegar, and oil in a medium bowl. Toss until well combined. Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper. Add basil and serve immediately.
• Morph: For a super quick white bean dip: puree the salad in a food processor or blender, add 1 or 2 dashes of hot sauce and serve on crackers or grilled bread.

Steps:

• Roast the bell pepper until charred (either over a gas flame, grill or broiler). Peel, stem, seed and chop into a bean-size dice.
• Put the beans, red peppers, endive and lemon zest into a serving bowl. Add the lemon zest and juice and drizzle with the garlic oil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and toss the ingredients until well-combined and coated in dressing. Serve as a yummy chopped salad or as a dip with more endive leaves. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Wash greens thoroughly in a cold water bath.
• Spin in a salad spinner or place on a towel to dry.
• Gently shred into bite size pieces.
• Peel, wash and grate the carrot.
• Drain beans and rinse thoroughly.
• Mince the parsley and green onion.
• Add lemon juice, salt, pepper, and sugar to the large salad bowl and whisk together.
• Continue whisking quickly while very slowly drizzling in 3 Tablespoons of oil. Whisk until the dressing is thick and completely emulsified.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Put cauliflower on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Toss to coat. Roast on the top rack until nicely browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Make the dressing: Put shallot in a small bowl with mustard, lemon juice, lemon zest, vinegar and ground fennel, if using. Stir well to combine, then whisk in olive oil. Season to taste.
• Make the salad: Put beans in a low salad bowl. Add celery and cauliflower, pour the dressing over and toss well, taking care not to crush beans. Let salad rest for 30 minutes or so to meld flavors. Taste and adjust for salt, acid and oil. Add parsley and scallions, toss once more, then serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• Chop the greens finely.
• Mix them, the rinsed and drained beans, and the onion in a bowl.
• In a smaller bowl or shaker combine the vinegar, the oil, and the garlic.
• Add the salt and pepper and mix it all well.
• Add the dressing to the greens and toss it together.
• Let it sit about 5 minutes so the tastes will meld.