Greek Salad with Toasted Garbanzo Beans

Garbanzo beans, also known as chickpeas, are a favorite in Greek and Middle Eastern cooking. Their mild, slightly nutty flavor and creamy texture makes them fabulous mashed into falafel or served cold on top of a salad. But hey, why stop with cold beans as a salad...

Thai Peanut, Quinoa and Bean Salad

Thai food is all about the perfect balance of all five tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami (savory). It all combines to create a complex cuisine that will make your taste buds dance. It’s also usually healthy, full of lean protein and lots of...

Grilled Mixed Bean Salad

Newsflash: You can grill beans. That’s right, you can have tender, smoky beans without a fancy smoker. All you need is a good-old-fashioned charcoal grill and some aluminum foil. The trick is not just to wrap the beans in the foil–that’ll work, but...

Avocado Bean Salad

Is there anything better than a perfectly ripe avocado? Their buttery goodness, their slightly nutty taste, the way they complement almost any food imaginable? This dish shows off the real beauty of the avocado and comes together in a flash.   The key to this...
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