45 SALAD recipes
A hearty salad that's suitable as a main dish. Lots of flavors and textures throughout.
Colorful Southwestern rice and bean salad with kidney beans, corn, and picante dressing. Vegetarian, low-fat make-ahead perfect for potlucks.
Delicious four-bean salad with Instant Pot bean cooking directions.
Homestead salad with mixed vegetables and kidney beans in a cooked sweet vinegar dressing with mustard. Make a day ahead for the best flavor.
Mexican chef's salad with seared chicken, kidney beans, cheddar, avocado, and crushed tortilla chips tossed in Thousand Island and picante sauce. Warm meets cool in one bowl.
Four bean salad with chickpeas, red kidney beans, green beans, and yellow wax beans tossed in a sweet apple cider vinegar and honey dressing. A potluck classic that gets better with time.
Calico salad is a colorful three-bean salad with kidney beans, green beans, and wax beans in a sweet vinegar dressing with chopped green pepper and onion.
Hot German bean salad gives black and kidney beans the sweet-and-sour treatment, with a glossy vinegar dressing and crisp-tender carrots, celery, and onion. Served warm, oil-free, and vegan. A fast, tangy twist on the bean salad.
Marinated onion and kidney bean salad with Vidalia onions, bell peppers, jalapeno, cilantro, and a chili-vinegar dressing. Needs overnight marinating for the best flavor.
Kidney beans tossed with crisp celery, grated dill pickle, onion, and chopped hard-cooked egg create a protein-packed salad with tangy crunch in every bite.
Three-bean salad packed with green beans, kidney beans, chickpeas, corn, celery, carrots, and pimientos in a sweet-and-tangy vinegar dressing. The classic potluck make-ahead. Keeps in the fridge for weeks and gets better with time.
Rice salad with corn, kidney beans, and bell peppers tossed in a tangy vinegar-horseradish dressing. No-cook, vegetarian, and ready in 15 minutes flat.
Five-bean salad with green, navy, lima, garbanzo, and kidney beans tossed with bell pepper, celery, and onion in a sweet-tangy vinegar marinade. The make-ahead potluck classic, vegan friendly.
Tuscan tuna salad with kidney beans, olives, tomatoes, and a zesty picante-Italian dressing served over fresh spinach. A no-cook, protein-packed lunch ready in 20 minutes flat.
Marinated bean salad with five beans (yellow, green, kidney, lima, garbanzo) and bell peppers tossed in a sweet-and-tangy brown sugar vinaigrette. Make ahead for picnics, potlucks, and barbecues.
Chili taco salad: spicy chicken chili with kidney beans and chickpeas piled on tortilla chips with lettuce, tomato, jack cheese, sour cream, olives, and jalapenos.