Black Bean Avocado Salad

5 from 1 vote

This quick and simple black bean salad relies on store-bought salsa, tangy feta cheese, and creamy avocado to make a delicious and quick weekday lunch!

Course Salad

Cuisine Mexican American

Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings

Calories 324kcal

Author Caitlin Self, MS, CNS, LDN

Ingredients

1 can salted black beans 15 oz, drained and rinsed
½ cup restaurant-style salsa of choice I like Trader Joe’s Salsa Autentica, plus more for topping
2 Teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
2-3 cups arugula or spring mix, optional
1 medium-large avocado cut into slices or cubes
2.5 oz feta crumbled
2 Tablespoons cilantro chopped (optional)
2 lime wedges more if desired
Salt & pepper as desired

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Drain and rinse a can of black beans. Combine the black beans with the olive oil and salsa in a medium bowl and stir well.
If using, add about 1-1 ½ cups of arugula (about 2 handfuls) to the base of each serving bowl (2 bowls). Divide the beans among the two bowls, on top of the arugula, and pile on the other ingredients - avocado, feta cheese, extra salsa, and optional cilantro. Add a lime wedge to each bowl for serving and enjoy!

Notes

Feel free to chop or tear the arugula first if desired. You can use spring mix, romaine, or any lettuce of choice, or feel free to omit it altogether.

You can also mix everything together in one large bowl and serve. That isn’t quite as pretty for the photos, but it is a little more efficient!

As written, this recipe takes about 5 minutes. If you have a little extra time, I like to make this lime-honey vinaigrette to use instead of the olive oil and lime juice in this recipe. You can toss it with the beans or drizzle it over the whole salad.

I use salted beans here, but feel free to use unsalted if you prefer.

Beans causing gas or discomfort? There are a few amazing solutions to this problem! You can soak your homemade beans for 24 hours, swapping the water halfway through, you can cook your homemade beans with kombu, buy canned beans that have been cooked in kombu (Eden Foods), or buy or make pressure-cooker beans (Jovial Foods). Even my SIBO, IBS, and Low-FODMAP clients do well with beans when they’re cooked with kombu!

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