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Easy Tomato Basil White Bean Salad

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This super easy tomato basil white bean salad with a flavorful tomato red wine vinaigrette is the most delicious way to use ripe summer tomatoes! Serve as a Mediterranean-inspired side dish, or as a simple plant based lunch. (vegan, gluten-free)

Ingredients

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For The Tomato Vinaigrette:

  • 1 large ripe tomato, quartered (or roughly 3/4 cup cherry tomatoes)
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt to taste

For The Tomato White Bean Salad:

  • 1 can Canellini beans, drained and rinsed
  • 2 large tomatoes and/or 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes
  • Freshly cracked black pepper
  • Small handful fresh basil leaves, roughly torn
  • Crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
  • Extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

  1. To make the vinaigrette, pulse tomato and garlic in food processor until smooth. (I love this mini one!) Add vinegar and oil and pulse to combine. Salt to taste.
  2. For the salad, cut cherry tomatoes in half, or cut larger tomatoes into thick wedges.
  3. In a large bowl, toss the tomatoes and white beans with the vinaigrette (I start with about half of the dressing and add more as needed).
  4. Just before serving, sprinkle with freshly torn basil, fresh cracked black pepper, and red pepper flakes to taste, and drizzle with olive oil.

Notes

  • Adapted from Bon Appetit.
  • This recipe is flexible to what you have, so you can use large tomatoes, such as beefsteak or heirloom tomatoes, or you can use small tomatoes, like cherry tomatoes. I like to use a mix of both.
  •  I like Canellini beans because they're a bit bigger, but use any white beans you like.
  • The dressing can be made about a day in advance, though not much more as the garlic will become overpowering if it sits any longer.
  • The tomatoes and white beans will also benefit from a couple extra hours soaking in the dressing. However, I'd wait to add the fresh basil and drizzle of oil until right before serving to make sure the basil doesn't wilt and because olive oil is best at room temperature, not refrigerated.

Keywords: cherry tomato white bean salad, tomato basil white bean salad, tomato white bean salad with tomato vinaigrette

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