Salad with beans. Recipe

Many people who want to exclude meat from the diet, replace animal proteins with vegetable. The best alternative to meat snacks is a salad with beans. The simplest recipe consists of beans with greens and olive oil. And how many delicious dishes you can make from beans to a festive table!

It is believed that legumes hit Europe from South America in the time of Columbus. However, archaeologists argue that both Ancient India and China grew beans on their lands. Greeks, Romans and Persians even before our era served to the table dishes from beans.

In our time it is impossible to imagine the traditional dishes of Italy, Greece, Spain and other countries without dishes from beans. And in the 16th and 17th century it was grown exclusively for decorative purposes in flowerbeds and greenhouses. In the northern latitudes, beans, called Turkish beans, took root long and were not popular. But the countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia willingly included it in their menu. A large number of beans (now cultivated about 200) allow you to choose those that meet just your taste preferences.

Now in many cuisines of the world there is a large number of authentic dishes, in which put beans. Having opened any culinary book of European cuisine, you can always find a salad with beans. The recipe is usually uncomplicated and quick to prepare. Beans - a valuable protein product-24 grams of protein per 100 grams of product - and perfectly combined with vegetables, mushrooms, meat, greens.

To maintain health and get the maximum amount of vitamins that are contained in beans, it is better to cook it yourself. But if you are forced to use canned food, choose those where, in addition to salt, water and, in fact, beans do not have other ingredients. Beans are a favorite product of vegetarians and adherents of a healthy diet.

What is useful for beans? These beans are rich in a whole complex of B vitamins and folic acid. Fiber, which is contained in legumes (and beans, among others), is useful to everyone who wants to improve the work of the stomach and intestines. Beans are a real storehouse of valuable microelements: calcium, magnesium, iron. Carbohydrates, which are contained in beans, do not cause a rise in blood sugar. Due to the low glycemic index, beans are part of the diet menu, all those who control their weight.

Fineness of cooking beans

Many cookbooks are advised before cooking all the beans soak for 5 hours. It is better to pour the beans with water in the evening. Cook beans should be in fresh cold water, draining all the liquid in which it was soaked. The process of pre-soaking allows you to accelerate the cooking time to one hour and remove not very useful oligosaccharides, which cause bloating and complicate digestion.

If you want to make a salad with beans, the recipe is not difficult to find. And beans can be cooked without soaking. To do this, it is required to wash the washed beans with cold water, bring to a boil and drain. Again in pods pour cold water. And already in it to cook beans until ready, until it becomes very soft.

It is necessary to salt at the very end of cooking

Having a boiled or canned bean on hand, you can always prepare a salad, side dish or pâté.

Also very tasty and useful soups are prepared from beans. In Polish cuisine , the recipe for an old bean soup with smoked sausage is still popular. In Italy, beans occupy an honorable place on the dining table. A deliciously delicious soup is served for lunch in Florence. It is prepared from beans and forest mushrooms, usually chanterelles. The aroma of this magic soup comes from many restaurants and cuisines of hospitable citizens.

Fans of mushrooms can be advised a salad with beans, the recipe of which does not require much time. For a salad with beans and forest mushrooms or champignons, you need 1 large glass of beans, 200 grams of mushrooms, chopped finely, one celery root of large or medium size, 2 eggs.

Serving: 50 grams of mayonnaise or non-acid sour cream, 200 grams of ketchup or another tomato sauce. Salt, greens and peppers add, if desired.

Beans, celery root, mushrooms and eggs boil. Chopped products shall be finely chopped, folded into a salad bowl and mixed thoroughly with sauce. A tasty salad with beans is ready.

In summer, it is worth preparing a simple salad with beans and chilli peppers.

Beans are small (preferably white) -300 grams, pepper red 2 pods or two fresh tomatoes, one big clove of garlic, in which it is better to remove the core. Two medium or one large red bulb. Dressing: juice half a lemon a little pepper, salt, pumpkin seed oil or olive. Combine the cooked beans with chopped bell peppers or tomatoes. Add rumpled garlic, diced, onions. Refuel add before serving to the table.

Dishes from beans are delicious, useful and original.