A few weeks ago, I put up a question box over on our Instagram stories. I asked for quick and healthy recipes with a heavy accent on quick. I got many suggestions that I am still sifting through. This quick and healthy summer bean salad is one of the first ones I tried from the list.  It was the perfect way to add pantry staples and summer produce to our meal, and it was so easy to make. 

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Quick and Healthy Summer Bean Salad

First off, I think there are not many things more irritating that coming in the house after working really hard outside and having to figure out lunch. Normally Deb has everything planned out because she feels the same way, but some times we just aren’t prepared. It’s actually why I asked the question. I wanted recipes that could be thrown together the last minute that were healthy.  Ones that didn’t take anything like thawing out meat, running to the store, or a lot of time.  This summer bean salad checked all of those things. It is very versatile so if you don’t have some of these items, you can easily substitute items you have on hand.

You can use any type of beans in this recipe and any veggies. You could also substitute the red wine vinegar in the dressing to balsamic or apple cider vinegar, as well.  We made this one day when we were both tired and couldn’t really think of doing anything too detailed. This recipe is a matter of dumping things in a bowl… stirring it up….  and eating.  Ha!  You can’t get any easier than that.

This recipe is high in fiber and very filling. It took about ten minutes to make and it was so good.  It made healthy portions that we ate as our main course.  And, we even had leftovers for the next day.  Let me know if you make this and what you think.

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