Easy Vegan Bean Salad (Gluten-free)

It's BBQ month so I'm celebrating with my favorite BBQ side salad. This Easy Vegan Bean Salad (gluten-free) is the easiest and quickest bean salad ever! Made with canned beans, only 6 ingredients and ready in only 5 minutes, it's not only my fave go-to summer salad recipes, it's Weight Watchers friendly!

It's packed with fibre, protein and good fat (unsaturated) and has a delicious tangy dressing. I make this most often when we're throwing something on the BBQ and I need a quick and healthy barbecue side dish. If you're looking for easy vegan side dishes for bbq, you'll love this recipe!

🥘 Ingredients

This easy vegan bean salad is sooo easy (made with canned mixed beans) and so good that even your meat loving friends will adore it! And you only need 6 ingredients!

• canned mixed beans medley
• canned green beans
• Dijon mustard
• olive oil
• white granulated sugar
• red wine vinegar

📖Variations & Substitutions

• Sugar- you can use agave instead of sugar if you prefer (it's vegan and gluten-free) or maple syrup
• Red wine vinegar - you can use white wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar or apple cider vinegar as a substitute
• Oil- you can use vegetable oil instead of olive (although extra virgin olive oil is best)
• Beans - you can use different types of beans. *The canned bean mixture I use has red kidney beans, chick peas (aka garbanzo beans), romano beans and great northern beans. You could also use black beans, navy beans, pinto beans or cannellini beans
• Add-ins -red onion, bell peppers, fresh herbs

🔪 Instructions

Making this easy recipe is as simple as draining the beans and mixing everything together - that's it!

👪 Serving Size

This canned bean salad recipe serves 10 people (½ cup serving) but can be cut in half or doubled or even tripled for a very large crowd! Simply click on the blue serving number in the recipe card and the amounts will adjust accordingly.

🔢WW Points

This recipe is Weight Watchers friendly @ 4 WW pts per ½ cup serving (as you don't eat all the dressing).

🍽Equipment

You can will need a can opener and a large salad bowl (affiliate links).

🌡️Storage

Store this mixed bean salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. You can make this recipe a couple of days in advance, as well. These ingredients do not freeze well.

I love this easy side salad with a quick BBQ meat like pork steak (pictured above)! It's the fastest and easiest salad around to take along to a summer BBQ, potluck or picnic. And if you are vegan, then just skip the meat, of course! It goes well with veggie burgers and grilled fresh corn.

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📋 Easy Vegan Bean Salad recipe

This 5 minute healthy vegan bean salad is the easiest and quickest BBQ side dish! Made with canned beans, it only has 6 ingredients and takes 5 minutes to make. It's my go-to summer salad recipe and it's Weight Watchers friendly and gluten-free.

5 from 5 votes

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Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American, North American

Keyword: bean salad, easy, mixed bean, vegan

Special Diet: Gluten-free, Vegan, Weight Watchers

Servings: 10 people

Calories: 188kcal

Author: Terri Gilson

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 -14 oz cans cut green beans drained
• ▢ 3 -19 oz -cans of beans (I use a mixed bean/bean medley with red kidney beans, chick peas, romano beans, great northern white beans) drained
• ▢ 2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• ▢ 2 teaspoon white granulated sugar
• ▢ 3 tablespoon olive oil
• ▢ ¼ cup red wine vinegar

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Instructions

• Pour everything into a large mixing bowl and mix well. Serve.

Notes

*Please see post content for important recipe information and tips! 

Nutrition Facts

📋 Easy Vegan Bean Salad recipe

Amount Per Serving (0.5 cup)

Calories 188 Calories from Fat 45

% Daily Value*

Fat 5g8%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Sodium 430mg19%

Potassium 524mg15%

Carbohydrates 28g9%

Fiber 10g42%

Sugar 5g6%

Protein 9g18%

Vitamin A 352IU7%

Vitamin C 8mg10%

Calcium 65mg7%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 188kcal (9%) | Carbohydrates: 28g (9%) | Protein: 9g (18%) | Fat: 5g (8%) | Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) | Sodium: 430mg (19%) | Potassium: 524mg (15%) | Fiber: 10g (42%) | Sugar: 5g (6%) | Vitamin A: 352IU (7%) | Vitamin C: 8mg (10%) | Calcium: 65mg (7%) | Iron: 3mg (17%)

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