Easy White Bean Salad

This quick white bean salad is bursting with Mediterranean flavor! It’s perfect for a quick lunch or a simple side dish.

We’re always looking for quick and easy meal ideas here. Here is our new recipe that you can mix in minutes: White Bean Salad! It’s bursting with Mediterranean flavors from simple ingredients: the paprika brings a crunch, the parsley brings a herbaceous bite and the red wine vinegar brings a hint of acidity. Sprinkle with a sprinkling of feta, and it’s irresistibly flavorful with minimal effort. We often rely on bean recipes for healthy lunches, and this simple concoction blows us out of the park. It also doubles as an easy side dish!

Ingredients for White Bean Salad

This white bean salad is perfect for lunch: we put together the recipe so that you can quickly prepare it right before eating. Or it makes a great party salad: especially for summer picnics or potlucks! The ingredients are optimized to keep it in the fridge well, but it’s great for eating right away. What you need for this white bean salad:

• White beans or cannellini beans (see below)
• Red pepper
• Red onion or shallot
• Parsely
• olive oil
• red wine vinegar
• Dijon mustard
• salt and pepper
• feta cheese

White beans versus cannellini

This white bean salad is based on a bean worth searching for: White beans! They are small and have a velvety texture and nutty flavor. Cannellini beans are the easiest to find at the grocery store, but they can sometimes taste a little soggy. White beans have a nice pop when you bite into them, making them our top choice for this salad.

White beans are worth searching for, although we sometimes have a harder time finding them at our local grocery store (yes, we did the extra shopping!). Of course, you can substitute the cannellini beans if you like and this salad will still taste great.

amounts of olive oil and vinegar

A note on the amounts of oil and vinegar in this white bean salad! We’ve provided two options depending on how you’re going to serve it.

• Use less oil and vinegar if eating right away. Get him to eat it right away for lunch and you can get away with half a tablespoon of oil and vinegar. It tastes great as soon as you mix it.
• Use more if storing in the fridge or preparing for a party. Use 1 tbsp oil and vinegar and there’s more of a pickled bean salad texture. It is better here, because it can dry or rest in the refrigerator.

Make a double batch for a party

Want to make this white bean salad for a party? The quantity in the recipe below is enough for 2 large lunch portions or 4 small portions as a side dish. We kept it in this format because we mainly eat it as a lunch salad: and it’s easy to double.

Are you doing it for a party or entertainment? Make a double batch! You should use the largest amount of oil and vinegar for the size of the party, that’s 2 tablespoons of oil and vinegar. click it 2x button in the recipe below.

Ways to serve this white bean salad

This White Bean Salad is super versatile: it’s great for healthy lunches, picnics, BBQs, and a quick side dish! Here are some ways to serve it:

More bean salad recipes

Do you like a good bean salad? We could eat it any day of the week. Here are some other ways to use beans:

This white bean salad recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten free. For vegans, plant-based and dairy-free, omit the feta cheese.