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Honey-Balsamic Bean Salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Honey-Balsamic Bean Salad

9 ingredients 10 min + 10 min openrecipes
Honey-Balsamic Bean Salad

Inspired by a recipe in Miranda Gardiner's Teaching Dad to Cook Flapjack - a simple bean salad tossed with lots of toasted almonds, fresh thyme, and an assertive honey-balsamic dressing.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

584
Calories
24g
Protein
18g
Fat
88g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chickpea 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained 134
Pinto Bean 1/2 cup (86g) canned 122
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Black Bean 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained 114
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Romaine Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 8 oz / 225 g (about 1 1/2 cups) EACH cooked chickpeas, pinto beans, black beans
  • 1 small head of romaine lettuce, washed, dried, shredded
  • 1/3 cup / 1 oz / 30g sliced almonds, toasted
  • 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons runny honey
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4+ teaspoon fine grain sea salt
  • 10 sprigs fresh thyme

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By 101cookbooks · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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