24 Amazing Salads with Dried Beans
Lots of people keep beans in the pantry, and here are 24 Amazing Salads with Dried Beans that are perfect for picnics or lunches! And you may be wondering about salads with beans on a blog that features carb-conscious recipes, but some of these salads are lower in carbs than you might think!
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Most people who like dried beans love salads with dried beans, and here are 24 Amazing Salads with Dried Beans that are all just so tasty! And you can cook beans in the slow cooker or Instant Pot (or on the stove) or make it easy and just use rinsed and drained canned beans in these recipes. And I know that lentils are legumes and not beans, but I had to include a few salads with lentils here too.
Of course, I do realize that some of my readers who eat strictly low carb aren’t going to want to make a salad with dried beans, even though beans have fiber to reduce the net carbs. If beans are too much of a splurge for you, just use Salad Recipes for more lots and lots of salad that are suitable for low-carb and Keto diets. And all these tasty bean salads are gluten-free.
Why am I sharing salads with dried beans?
My love for dried beans got started when I was following the original South Beach Diet where beans were considered a “good carb” and South Beach encouraged you to eat them daily. Now that I’m following a more carb-conscious eating plan, beans are definitely more of a carb-splurge for me! But most of my older bean salads have been updated so now they combine the beans with protein or low-carb vegetables to keep the carbs lower than they would be for many traditional bean salads.
Are the Bean Salad Recipes Vegetarian?
I’m not tagging this round-up vegetarian because there are are a couple of salad recipes here that have tuna or shrimp, but if you’d like vegetarian salads with dried beans there are lots of options here!
How do you get the complete recipe?
Just click any recipe title to see the full recipe on this site.
This Black Bean and Pepper Salad was updated with new photos, and I switched out the recipe a bit to use lots of colorful peppers and fewer beans to make this a more carb-conscious salad.
If you like Mexican flavors and salads with crunch, you can’t go wrong with this Black Bean Jicama Salad. And if you haven’t cooked with jicama, it’s a low-carb treat!
There’s no doubt that this Tuna White Bean Salad is one of my favorite if I’m splurging on beans for a summer lunch, and I love to make this with tuna packed in olive oil and lots of chopped parsley.
Pinto Bean Salad with Avocado and Tomatoes has so many of my favorite flavors and this salad is really popular on the blog!
This Balela Salad (Middle Eastern Bean Salad) is a recipe that I’ve been making every summer for years, and if you’ve ever had the pricey Balela Salad from Trader Joe’s, I bet you’ll love making it at home.
This tasty Black Bean Salad with Black-Eyed Peas is a great way to get some luck on New Year’s Day, but this is good any time of year!
When I became totally infatuated with spicy Peperoncini peppers, I made this Cannellini Bean Salad with Tuna and Peperoncini, and this is another salad with a generous amount of parsley to add flavor!
This popular Southwestern Quinoa Salad has black beans and red bell pepper, and this salad been a huge hit on the website!
This delicious Black-Eyed Pea Salad is another delicious salad option to get some luck on New Year’s Day, and the sweet mini-pepper rings make this extra good!
This tasty Pinto Bean Salad with Tuna and Peperoncini has lots of tuna and just a few beans, and this is perfect for a quick salad for lunch! Or check the link for a no-bean version of the salad, whichever you prefer.
More Salad Recipes with Dried Beans:
- Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
- Chickpea Tuna Salad
- Shrimp and Black Bean Salad
- Lentil Salad Recipe with Green Olives
- Orzo Salad with Chickpeas and Kale
- Chickpea Salad with Tomatoes and Olives
- Butter Bean Salad
- Lebanese Lentil Salad
- Tomato Cucumber Chickpea Salad
- Curried Chickpea Salad
- Lentil and Barley Greek Style Salad
- Roasted Chickpea Salad with Feta, Mint, and Lemon
- Roasted Vegetable Salad with Chickpeas
- Marinated Bell Pepper Salad
26 Comments on “24 Amazing Salads with Dried Beans”
Brenda, good idea, and I hope you enjoy the salads!
Wow, these salads all look amazing! I know what I'm making for dinner tonight. I always drain and reserve the oil from my tuna packed in olive oil and use it as part of the dressing ingredients. It really does give any canned tuna salad recipe more flavor! week 2 into SB p1 and this will really help making up those brown bag lunches! Thanks for the recipes!
Dawson, I love hearing that! So glad you've been enjoying it.
Hi Kalyn,
I made your White Bean Salad with Tuna and Parsley when you posted it on July 7…and have made it every week since!!! Now when I think of tuna salad, I don't automatically reach for the jar of homemade mayonnaise…and my waistline thanks you ^_^
Will have to give your Spicy Pinto Bean and Tuna Salad with Peperoncini, Tomatoes, and Parsley a whirl this week!
Thanks Johanna, glad you liked the salads.
oooohhh! a perfect selection for the next BBQ! wonderful, thanks!
Karen, thanks for the nomination for that one. I do like it a lot too; just too many good salads!
Kalyn
These all look great – although you're missing one of yours that is a favorite of mine that I make regularly to bring with me to work…the carrot, parlsey and garbanzo bean salad. Love it! But I'll have to branch out and try some of these!!
My favorite…
https://kalynskitchen.com/2007/04/carrot-parsley-and-garbanzo-chickpea.html
Ali, so glad my timing was good to you. And thanks for the nice thoughts, but really the credit for losing weight goes to you. Way to go; I'm glad my blog was helpful!
This is so coincidental! I was independently searching your blog for bean salads as I'm going back to phase one for a few weeks and am so bored of plain vegetable salads for work. Obviously, fate agrees with my decision, hehe. Thanks for consolidating them!
Also, on a side note, I've lost 20kgs since last september on South beach, in part due to the dozens of your recipes I've cooked from your blog, so give yourself a pat on the back too please 🙂
Lydia, we will get you to like chickpeas yet. Or just use other types of beans in the salads that call for chickpeas; I'm sure that will work.
Pam, thanks. Glad you like it.
I love bean salads, this is perfect!
What a beautiful collection of salads. I love black beans and white beans, and lentils, of course. Still can't quick adore chickpeas, unless they're ground in hummus or soup, but I'm working on it. I like to make big batches of beans in the slow cooker, and freeze them in salad-size portions to be at the ready when the urge for a salad strikes.
CJ, what a great idea to put a ring of Feta on the lentil salad. Glad you liked it.
Made that Lebenese lentil salad for a potluck and ringed the outside with some feta. (I didn't want to share….) Everyone loved it. Thank you Kalyn!
Shirley, glad you found something that looks good. Sorry you aren't getting the Indian Summer; it's really glorious this year. Thanks for sharing some good salads too.
One of the wonderful things about having the great blogging and recipe history like you have, Kalyn, is that you can do one of these roundups and we all find something new to us or see a recipe that we still haven't made. Your Southwestern Black Bean Salad falls into the latter category for me. Serendipitously (because sometimes one fails to plan appropriately), I believe I have all the ingredients on hand–woohoo! 🙂
No Indian summer here unfortunately. As much as I love fall, I was hoping to have enough of an Indian summer for good camping weather (warm days, cold nights) before it got too cold. But rain in the forecast added to the cold has kept us home this weekend. Hoping for a little better weather tomorrow for our support group picnic.
Salads? I'm pretty partial to the Pulled Chicken Salad with Lime-Cilantro Dressing that I just made. (Chickpeas or Beans can be used in place of chicken.) And I crave this Chickpea Salad from Mary (Gluten-Free Spinner.
Thanks, Kalyn! I hope you have a long Indian summer to keep your garden going as long as possible. 🙂
Shirley
Thanks Kelly. Let's have a retreat at my house and I'll make salad for everyone!
Jeez Louise, woman. I'm sitting here in awe of this selection imagining a party where each one is on a table and I can trawl through them one by one. Thinking the last is on my list first. Today. The hubster is headed to a football game with his brother and I'm home alone which means salad! Wonderful selection, Kalyn!
Janet, that sounds good! Anything with capers would be ok with me!
Paz, thanks. Glad you like the salads!
Joanne, one of my favorite things to take for lunch when I taught school!
I'm pretty sure I need to cook my way through this list. Everything looks amazing! I love a good bean salad for lunch.
OMG! Too many good recipes for me to try. I'm going to die of happiness. I'm not complaining, mind you! 😉 Thanks for this delicious line-up of recipes.
As you know, I adore beans, especially in salads. I am loving your round-up!
This has been my go-to potluck bean dish this summer, to rave reviews: http://tastespace.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/11-spice-lentil-salad-with-capers-and-currants/
Thanks Bev and Jeanette! So glad you like them.
What a nice selection of bean salads. So nice to have an Indian Summer before the cold weather sets in. I would like a spoonful of each please.
My stars, I could unhinge my jaw on every single bowl.