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5-Minute Italian Butterbean Salad

August 10, 2015 by JennifersKitchen 6 Comments

Quick and Easy Italian Butterbean Salad

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How to Eat Healthy When You Don’t Have Much Time

One of the keys to eating healthy is to have some healthy options prepared ahead of time … or at least have a general plan. Otherwise, when you’re hungry and in a rush, it’s too easy or tempting to grab something “quick” that usually isn’t so healthy.

I try to have a good meal plan at the beginning of my week of what I’m going to be eating that week … or at the very least, a rough idea. However, the last two weeks were really busy for me, and I found myself “winging it” every day.

I can get away with this for a few days by using leftovers, or I often have cooked rice or quinoa in the frig that I can use as a base for a quick meal, or sometimes I have something in my freezer. But this week it eventually caught up with me, and on Wednesday I found myself at lunchtime with nothing to eat and very little time.

Cereal?
Toast?
Bleh.

Another key to eating healthy is to have a stocked pantry (so you have all the ingredients you need when preparing a meal). And in that stocked pantry, include some emergency staples to fall back on.

Taking a peek in my pantry, I discovered I had a can of butter beans, some of my favorite olives, and an onion. My frig offered a cucumber and I grabbed some parsley from the garden. In less than 5 minutes this beautiful salad was sitting before me.  And it was the most delicious dish I’d eaten all week!

Italian Butter Bean Salad

I’ve since discovered that a diced tomato makes a yummy addition to this salad.

Lunch in 5 Minutes

It took me exactly 4 minutes and 28 seconds to make half of this recipe amount for myself for lunch. With a Veggie Chopper (one of my favorite kitchen tools) you can still make a full recipe or even a double recipe in about 5 minutes.  If cutting vegetables by hand, you may want to add 2 or 3 minutes to the time.

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Italian Butterbean Salad

Prep 5 mins

Total 5 mins

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Yield 2 main dish, 4 side dish

Creamy butterbeans pair beautifully with crunchy cucumbers in this quick and easy, full-of-flavor, main dish salad. This recipe can easily be cut in half or doubled.

Serves 2 as a main dish or 4 as a side.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups (two 15-ounce cans) cooked butter beans, drained
  • 2 pickling cucumbers, diced small – see note
  • 1 (6-ounce) can olives (These are my favorite.)
  • 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/2 large red onion, cut into slivers
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil – optional
  • 2 teaspoons granulated onion
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried dill – optional
  • 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic or 1 to 2 crushed garlic cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt – or to taste
  • 1 ripe tomato, diced

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients, except diced tomatoes, and mix well.
  2. Gently stir in tomatoes.
  3. Adjust seasonings to taste. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

Notes

You can use a regular cucumber in this salad, but the pickling cucumbers are crunchier and, in my opinion, taste better in this salad.

Enjoy!

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Comments

  1. Thalia @ butter and brioche

    September 22, 2015 at 11:39 pm

    Little healthy salads that I can prepare ahead are ideal for me.. so thanks for this delicious and easy recipe!

    Reply
    • Jennifer's Kitchen

      September 23, 2015 at 9:26 am

      You’re welcome Thalia. I love having quick meals to fall back on.

      Reply
  2. Aaron Chow

    September 23, 2015 at 12:05 am

    Wow! Your pictures are just amazing! I’m such a fan of your site. Do you use artificial or natural lighting?

    Best,
    Aaron

    Reply
    • Jennifer's Kitchen

      September 23, 2015 at 9:32 am

      Aw, sweet. Thank you, Aaron. My daughter actually does all the photography on my site. You can read more about her photography here.

      Thanks for your kind comment : )

      Reply
  3. TJ

    July 25, 2019 at 5:46 am

    Perfect for russling up quickly. Super yummy. I’m thinking of changing up the butter beans for canellini and the basil for mint (there’s tons of mint in my garden), Thank you for a lovely recipe. X

    Reply
    • JennifersKitchen

      July 25, 2019 at 10:40 am

      You’re welcome, TJ. That variation sound like a yummy idea!!
      Thank you for your comment.

      Reply

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