Spring and summer, means lots of dense bean salads on rotation! I love prepping a dense bean salad at the beginning of the week, then eating it all week long. It is filling, protein and fiber packed, and delicious! This one does have some mayonnaise, so it is definitely more indulgent than my Chipotle Lime Dense Bean Salad, but it is so delicious that you won’t blink an eye.
This dense bean salad has everything I love inside. White beans, cucumber, red onion, parmesan cheese, and garlic. Mix that together and you have a caesar salad inspired dense bean salad. I think this would also be so good on a piece of sourdough bread that has been toasted, just an idea!
My biggest tip for this one is to make sure that your beans are rinsed well, and have a few minutes to drain before adding them to the bowl. No one wants a super wet dense bean salad, otherwise the dressing will get loose and won’t be as creamy!
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How to Make This Dense Bean Salad
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- Drain the beans. I don’t like wet dense bean salad, so I like to rinse and then drain my beans in a strainer while I prep the other ingredients.
- Chop the veggies. Slice up the cucumber, dice the onion, and celery. You can also mince your garlic and chop the dill for the dressing at this point too.
- Make the dressing. In a bowl, mix the mayonnaise, lemon juice, capers, garlic, worcestershire sauce, fresh dill, parmesan cheese, red pepper flakes, lemon pepper, and salt. Whisk well until creamy. Feel free to adjust any seasonings if you need to!
- Mix it up! Add the drained beans and vegetables into a large bowl. Add in the dressing and stir until everything is coated. Enjoy!
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Caesar Inspired Dense Bean Salad
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- Start by draining and rinsing the beans. Rinse well, and leave them in a strainer to drain while we prep the other ingredients. No one wants a wet dense bean salad!
- Now, chop the veggies. Slice the cucumber to your preferred size. Dice the red onion, and dice the celery. You can prep the garlic and chopped dill for the dressing at this point to. This is optional, but you can roughly chop the capers, but feel free to leave them whole if you prefer!
- Next, let's make the dressing. In a small mixing bowl whisk the mayonnaise, lemon juice, capers, garlic, worcestershire, dill, red pepper flakes, lemon pepper, and salt. Once this is whisked, stir in the parmesan cheese until everything is well mixed. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
- Time to combine! Add the drained beans and the vegetables to a large mixing bowl. Next pour the dressing on top and mix well until everything is coated. Enjoy!
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