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Meal Prep Bean Salad Bowls
Boost your lunchboxes with plant-based proteins that are packed with nutrients and easy to prepare. Instead of the same-ol’-options, spice things up with our salads that tick all the boxes. They’re delicious, nutritious, and come together in a cinch. They’ll be a lunchtime favorite.
- Prep Time
20 Mins
- Cook Time
5 Mins
- Serves
4
Ingredients
- Bean Salad
- 2 (15 oz) cans Bush’s Chickpeas or Black Beans or Kidney Beans (or can be a combination of any Bush’s Beans), drained and rinsed
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- Salt
- Pepper
- Kale-Avocado Salad
- 2 bunches kale, stems removed and leaves finely chopped
- 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into strips
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Salt
- Pepper
- 4 small Persian cucumbers, sliced
- 1 avocado, peeled and cut into small pieces
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped or grated
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Tomato and Snow Pea Salad
- 4 oz snow peas, ribs removed
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
Optional Toppings
Lemon wedges
Cooking Instructions
- 1COMBINE
For Bean Salad:
Combine all of the ingredients and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste. - 2COMBINE
For the Kale-Avocado Salad:
Combine kale and carrots in a large bowl. - 3ADD
Add lime juice, sugar, salt and pepper, and using hands, massage the kale and carrots with lime juice until kale is slightly wilted.
- 4ADD
Add cucumbers, avocado, garlic, and olive oil and toss to combine. Season with more salt and pepper to taste.
- 5COOK
For the Tomato and Show Pea Salad:
Cook snow peas in boiling water until slightly tender but still bright green and crisp, about 1minute. - 6DRAIN
Drain and rinse with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels.
- 7COMBINE
Combine snow peas and tomatoes in medium bowl and season with a little bit of salt.
- 8ASSEMBLE
To assemble the lunch boxes, divide the salads between 4 lunch boxes. Add a lemon wedge in each, cover, and refrigerate until ready to eat.