Lentil Salad with Tomatoes, Cucumber, and Feta Cheese
Inspired by the flavors of a classic Greek salad, this dish offers an easy, no-fuss way to savor lentils alongside all of that plentiful summer produce. 1 small red onion, thinly sliced into...
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JOE YONAN'S CHRISTMAS LIMA, KALE, AND CHERRY TOMATO SALAD WITH HONEY-DILL DRESSING
Joe Yonan is the Food and Dining editor of The Washington Post, where he writes the Weeknight Vegetarian column, and the author of the best-selling cookbook Cool Beans. As you can probably guess,...
BLACK BEAN SALAD WITH SHAVED VEGETABLES
Here's a sneak-peak recipe from our forthcoming book, The Bean Book: 100 Recipes for Cooking with All Kinds of Beans, from the Rancho Gordo Kitchen by Steve Sando with Julia...
Hiro Sone's Radicchio Salad With Parmesan-Balsamico Vinaigrette
This colorful salad from Hiro Sone was a beloved favorite at his restaurant, Terra, in St. Helena, and featured in Terra: Cooking from the Heart of Napa Valley by Hiro Sone and Lissa...
Cucumber, Purslane, and Bean Salad
Inspired by a recipe from Nopalito: A Mexican Kitchen by Gonzalo Guzmán and Stacy Adimando (@nopalitosf), this substantial salad highlights verdolagas, or purslane—a wild succulent cherished in Mexican cuisine. Steve...
America's Test Kitchen's Crispy Lentil and Herb Salad
An intriguing salad from America’s Test Kitchen's The Complete Beans and Grains Cookbook. From ATK: "Many lentil salads are made with boiled lentils, but we decided to fry ours in this...
Arnab Chakladar's Chickpea-Potato “Chaat”
We'll be enjoying this sweet, spicy, herby dish from Arnab Chakladar's blog My Annoying Opinions all summer long. From Arnab: "This has all the flavours of chaat—I put the word in quotes because...
Colu Henry's Chicories with Tuna, Beans, and Old-School Italian Dressing
Here is a colorful, hearty salad from cookbook author and food writer Colu Henry. She says, "I love this salad! It features the classic Italian combination of creamy white beans and...
Alexandra Stafford's Classic Chopped Salad
This salad from the cookbook Pizza Night, by Alexandra Stafford is nostalgic in the best way, reminiscent of an old-school pizzeria salad bar, but much better, especially if you use new-crop chickpeas cooked...
SHREDDED CABBAGE SALAD WITH LENTILS AND FETA
A current obsession of ours is Valbreso French sheep milk cheese (no, this is not a sponsored post!). Some fetas can be too salty and harsh, but this is the perfect...
SARAH SCOTT'S SUMMERY SUCCOTASH SALAD
All good Southerners love their Lima beans, and Chef Sarah Scott (@sarahscottchef) is no exception. She was excited to try out our new Green Baby Lima beans in a succotash salad,...
NOAH GALUTEN'S HIPPIE CALIFORNIA SALAD
We've been enjoying Noah Galuten's The Don’t Panic Pantry Cookbook: Mostly Vegetarian Comfort Food That Happens to Be Pretty Good for You and his very entertaining YouTube cooking show. Noah says: "This...
Alison Roman's Lemony White Beans With Anchovy and Parmesan
Alison Roman is a New York-based cook, writer, best-selling author, and owner of First Bloom, a corner store in Bloomville, New York. She is one of our favorite celebrity Bean Freaks (she was even...
Shared Culture's Summer Tomato, Bean, and Corn Salad with Miso Dressing
We love teaming up with like-minded food companies, and our partnership with Shared Cultures has been especially rewarding. They have been producing an incredible line-up of small-batch fermented food products, many of...
Oregano Chicken
You can make this marinade with Oregano Indio or Mexican oregano. It was inspired by a recipe by the late Diana Kennedy and I've since discovered, it's not an uncommon...
Garbanzo and Spinach Stew (Potaje de Garbanzos con Espincas)
This recipe was inspired by a more traditional version in the book Cocina de Andalucía: Spanish Recipes from the Land of a Thousand Landscapes by María José Sevilla (2024, Ryland...