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Greek Bean and Avocado Salad
This hearty salad was inspired by one we tasted in Athens. To help the canned beans take on bold flavor, we heat them in the microwave, then toss them with oil, vinegar and aromatics. As they cool, they better absorb the seasonings.
6
Servings
20 minutes
Ingredients
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4
15½-ounce cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
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Kosher salt and ground black pepper
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July 15, 2023
YES!
Tired of poorsie bean salad swimming in sugar. Try this. All healthy ingrediets. If you want to add a sweet element try pickling onions with some sugar. Could also char beans and onions a bit. Been exploring bean options for my vegetarian daughter. And yes this is a positive meal towards digestion.
July 12, 2022
Cannellini and avocado salad.
Quick recipe. I used two cans of beans and a whole small avocado. This is easy and delicious. Suitable for entertaining.
December 27, 2023
The best!
Easy to make and very tasty!
Hi Jeannine -
I think I figured it out. I think you might be referring to a similar recipe, not this one that comes from our cookbook, Cookish. There is a Greek Bean Salad (Fasolia Piaz) that you can find here - https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/greek-bean-salad-fasolia-piaz-greece-avocado - that includes garlic.
Best,
The Milk Street Team
I loved the idea of this salad. But I think I did something wrong. When microwaving the rinsed dried-off beans for 3 minutes, after 2 minutes my beans started exploding. I stopped the microwave to take a peek and they all looked like a dried out, split open mess. Why do we microwave the beans? Does it change the texture? Taste? Plus the liquid was a lot more than the solids and my salad looked like it was swimming in a pool. I let it all sit for a half hour then poured out most of the liquid. The taste was still delicious even though the beans looked like they had been to war.
Hi Michelle -
Did you salt and cover the beans tightly before microwaving? If they weren't covered, they will dry out. Hot beans will absorb the flavors of the dressing better than room temperature beans. We accounted for this when developing the recipe so if your beans weren't hot and didn't absorb the dressing, there would likely be more leftover than there should be.
Best,
The Milk Street Team
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Yeah! Vegan and yummy!!!