Oil Free Lebanese Bean Salad! There are so many ways to use protein-packed beans, and this refreshing, herbaceous salad is just the dish to make your belly happy.

Vibrant, flavorful, and healthy, this Oil Free Lebanese Bean Salad is a burst of fresh deliciousness. Plant goodness like: fresh parsley and mint leaves, crisp cucumbers, rich tomatoes, zingy red onions, and creamy chickpeas and kidney beans are all coated in an oil-free zippy lemony dressing that is sure to get those taste buds dancing. This wholesome salad makes for a perfect lunch, appetizer, or snack.

Whole Food Plant Based, Vegan, plant based, oil free, refined sugar free, gluten free, no highly processed ingredients.

Hi there, Ameera here!

I love a bean salad with all those tantalizing elements: crisp fresh veggies, creamy beans, zingy dressing. What’s not to love? And this wholesome, herbaceous bean salad definitely doesn’t disappoint. If you love bean salads be sure to check out these tasty variations:

• Tuscan Bean Salad
• Oil Free Five Bean Salad
• Roasted Red Pepper Hummus Bean Salad
• Fiesta Salad

Fresh Herbs

The Lebanese really love their fresh herbs.  This recipe is a delicious way to showcase those fresh herbs. If you are not sure or unfamiliar, this bean salad has some elements of a Tabbouleh salad regarding lemony freshness, featuring parsley and mint. If you are a big fan of fresh parsley or fresh mint as a major component of a dish, then this recipe is just for you.

WFPB

The notable difference for this recipe is that it does not use oil as it is Whole Food Plant Based. Oil typically coats the ingredients and allows the dressing to “stick” to the ingredients. This dressing is thinner and doesn’t cling to the ingredients as strongly as oil does.

The key is when serving this salad is to get a little tiny bit of the dressing that falls to the bottom of the bowl with each bite. If you do that, you will be absolutely delighted with the WFPB version. We were thrilled!

I’ll let Mom tell you more!

Hi!  Robin here!

We all really enjoyed this Lebanese Bean Salad.  It shouts “FRESHNESS!”  I just love that. This recipe has a refreshing taste and the flavors of the beans and ingredients don’t become muted by the oil.  I love it!

TP109 ate it all up like his life depended upon it.  He LOVES tabbouleh so this bean salad was right up his alley as it has many of the tabbouleh flavors in it. He loves fresh herbs like parsley and mint in his salad too!

He always feels the need to announce to everyone how healthy eating fresh parsley and mint are whenever he has a salad like this one.  He will go on and on about how parsley and mint are great for digestion, etc. etc. LOL  Glad that he feels like he is nourishing his body eating a Whole Food Plant Based diet.

If you try this wholesome salad, we would love to know if you enjoy it as much as we do! Please leave us a review! Post a picture on Facebook or Instagram and tag us!  We would love to hear from you.

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Oil Free Lebanese Bean Salad

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• Author: Monkey and Me Kitchen Adventures
• Prep Time: 20 Minutes
• Total Time: 20 Minutes
• Yield: 4 Servings 1x
• Category: Salad
• Cuisine: Lebanese
• Diet: Vegan

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Description

Flavorful and healthy, this Oil Free Lebanese Bean Salad is a burst of delicious plant based ingredients and comes together in no time.

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Ingredients

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Salad Ingredients:

• 1 cup fresh flat leaf parsley, rough chop *
• ½ cup fresh mint leaves, fine chop *
• 3 baby cucumbers, diced
• 1 cup tomatoes, seeded, diced
• ¼ cup red onions, fine dice (+/-)
• 1 – [ 15 oz. can ] chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 2 – [ 15 oz. cans ] kidney beans, drained and rinsed

Dressing Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 Tablespoon dried minced onions
• ¼ cup + 1 Tablespoon lemon juice (+/-) *
• 2 Tablespoons water
• 1 Tablespoon tahini *
• 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 Tablespoon white miso *
• 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
• ¼ to 1 teaspoon sea salt *
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper

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Instructions

1. Make the dressing by placing all the Dressing Ingredients into a bowl, whisk well to combine, set aside.
2. Make the salad by placing all the Salad Ingredients into a large bowl, toss, then drizzle with the dressing, toss again. Serve and enjoy!

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Notes

Tips for Success:

• Fresh Herbs: The Lebanese really love their fresh herbs.  This recipe is way to showcase those fresh herbs.  If you are not sure or unfamiliar, this bean salad has some elements of a Tabbouleh salad regarding lemony freshness, featuring parsley and mint.  If you are not a big fan of fresh parsley or fresh mint as a major component of a dish, then pass on this recipe.
• WFPB Oil-Free: The notable difference is that this recipe does not use oil as it is Whole Food Plant Based. Oil typically coats the ingredients and this dressing is thinner and doesn’t cling to the ingredients as intently as oil does. The key is when serving try to get a little tiny bit of the dressing that falls to the bottom of the bowl with each bite.  If you do that, you will be absolutely delighted with the WFPB version.  I know, we were thrilled!

*Notes Continued:

*Miso:  We used Miso Master Organic Mellow White Premium Lite Miso, Certified Gluten Free.  Miso really lends itself to balancing flavors when you don’t use oil.  You can also use chickpea miso for a soy free version.  The miso helps balance the acidity of the lemon.

*Tahini:  The tahini helps balance the acidity of the lemon.  You can leave it out, but the salad will be exceptionally tart. We do not recommend leaving it out.

*Fresh Parsley:  We lightly packed fresh parsley leaves (no stems, leaves only) into a one cup measurement, then did a rough chop.

*Fresh Mint:  We used a .5 oz. package of fresh mint leaves.  This comes out to roughly ½ cup of lightly packed mint leaves (no stems, leaves only), then did a fine chop.

*Sea Salt:  Please adjust the sea salt based upon your family’s sea salt preferences and/or based upon dietary needs.

*Lemon:  If you really want to ramp up the lemon, feel free to zest some fresh lemon into the bean salad.

*Serving:  4 

*Storage:  Refrigerate, use within 5 days

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