I spotted this white bean salad with sun dried tomatoes when I was shopping. It sounded delicious: beans, sun dried tomatoes, olive oil, spinach. Healthy and tasty!
The price was a bit of a turn off though: $8.00 a pound?! For beans? Nope. I had dry beans at home, but it was too hot to start cooking them. So, I trotted over to the canned beans section. Instead of $8.00 a pound, I got a whole can of beans for 88 cents (on sale!). Score!
The rest was easy (and no cooking needed on a hot day).
Just soak the sun dried tomatoes, pour the beans into a bowl, roughly chop the spinach, chop some onion, and let it sit for a while to let the flavor develop.
White Bean Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes
Why buy fancy bean salad when you can make it at home. Rich with flavor from beans, sundried tomatoes, and earthy spinach. Ready quickly and healthy too.
Notes
This makes one or two servings (depending on if you're eating it as lunch or a side dish). For more flavor, let it sit for an hour. Even better, let it sit overnight in the fridge.
Also, if you have the sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil, you don't have to soak them first.
Ingredients
- 1/2 can white beans (about 8 ounces)
- 1/4 cup spinach, roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped onion
- 2-3 sun-dried tomatoes (soaked in warm water) and chopped*
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- pinch dried oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a bowl.
- Stir to combine.
Substitutions and Variations for White Bean Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes
- Add some olives and mozzarella cheese
- Substitute fresh basil for the dried oregano
- Make it a dip: roast some garlic, add that to the salad, and put it in your mini-chopper or blender. Or, do this with the remaining beans.
- Use different colored beans or several different kinds. Put the rest of the can(s) in soup or chili.
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