Black Bean Salad with Shaved Vegetables
Recipe reprinted from The Bean Book by Steve Sando with Julia Newberry (Ten Speed Press, 2024). You’ll notice that except for the beans, this salad is all crunch. The biggest...
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Emily Nunn's Kale Salad with White Beans, Green Olives, Creamy Parmesan
From Emily: "Creamy white beans, sparky olives, seeds and nuts, and a potent dressing give this dish exactly the kind of split personality I love in a salad—is it nutritious...
Black Garbanzo and Cucumber Salad with Yogurt Dressing
Using cucumbers in a salad seems obvious, but they can be very wet, and after a short while, your salad might look more like a cold soup. Here, the seeds...
Poached Cod over Flageolet Salad with Lemon
In Spain and other parts of Europe, salt cod is popular and often served in salads. It's a process to prepare—we have found that cooking fresh fish is easier. We...
Colu Henry's Tomato, Fennel, and White Bean Salad with Torn Bread and Smoky Aioli
Colu Henry is a true Friend of the Bean, and a loyal Bean Club member. Her new book Better at Home: Recipes for Big Nights In is packed with great recipes,...
Garbanzo Salad with Celery, Fennel, Chorizo, and Walnuts
A pot of Garbanzos on Sunday means easy meals all week. We especially love them in salads because they stay firm and fit into any cuisine or flavor profile. This...
Raw Asparagus and Lentil Salad with Lemon, Mint, and Burrata
We used Joshua McFadden’s Six Seasons (2017) recipe for raw asparagus salad for inspiration. Well-drained lentils add texture and body to this tribute to Spring. It’s possible to do this...
Hidatsa Red Bean Salad with Celery and Lime
Hidatsa Red beans may look similar to other red beans, but the similarity stops there. It has a unique, melt-in-your-mouth texture and rich, beany taste. We like to balance out...
White Bean Salad with Italian Salsa Verde
Italian salsa verde is one of those versatile sauces that can boost almost any dish. We especially love it paired with creamy white beans and crunchy vegetables. It's endlessly adaptable,...
Loncheria Fusion Kitchen's Lentil Ceviche
Earlier this year, we celebrated the grand opening of our new downtown Napa store with catering by Felipe Lezama of Loncheria Fusion Kitchen. All the food was incredible, but these lentil...
Emily Nunn's Spicy Butternut Squash Salad with Herbed Chickpeas and Labneh
Emily Nunn runs The Department of Salad newsletter, an endless source of salad wisdom. She shared this salad, which she especially loves because "all the elements— roasted winter squash, peppery...
Scarlet Runner Bean, Red Pepper, and Celery Salad
Steve made this salad last summer, and it was such a hit that he wrote down the recipe to save for our annual "Salad of the Day" marathon. One nice...
Smoky Zipper Cream Butter
Farm to People is a stellar organization that is bringing good food all over the NYC/Tri-State area. In addition to their deliveries, they have a warehouse space in Brooklyn just...
Verdinas with Clams (Spanish-Style Baby Lima Beans with Clams)
Photo credit: Cúrate RestaurantEarlier in the year, we made our way to North Carolina for a trip to Davidson College and to Asheville for a special bean dinner at Curate. ...
Provencal Tuna, White Bean, and Celery Salad
This French-style salad comes from our friend and favorite Francophile, Georgeanne Brennan. She says: “Creamy white beans combined with flaky bits of fish and crunchy celery makes an appetizing first...
Zipper Cream Peas with Broccolini
Photo credit to Bean Club® member Karina Jauregui. She added some fresh salsa! We don’t understand why Zipper Cream isn’t better known and appreciated outside the South. There’s this little...