Mediterranean White Bean Salad with Persimmons

I really like turning to seasonal produce in recipes like this scrumptious, colourful Mediterranean White Bean Salad with Persimmons, which is 100% plant-based (vegan) and gluten-free. The earthy flavors of white beans, kale, and walnuts with candy, crunchy persimmons shine by on this Mediterranean-inspired white bean salad. This simple kale salad bowl is hearty sufficient to be a meal paired with a flavorful soup, resembling my Vegetable Stone Soup. Plus, this salad is rugged sufficient for meal prep, making it good to pack away for on-the-go meals in the course of the week.

Paired with a easy Mediterranean salad dressing, this cool climate salad will cheer up your dreariest days! It’s additionally a terrific addition to your vacation desk, events, or potlucks. Actually, I introduced this salad to my Thanksgiving potluck this 12 months and it was an enormous hit. You may simply substitute a distinct bean for the white beans, resembling chickpeas or black beans, and a distinct nut for walnuts, resembling hazelnuts, pistachios, or almonds. Observe together with my recipe video beneath to learn to make this simple, yummy salad in minutes, with solely 7 elements (not together with pantry staples).

How you can Eat Persimmons

Persimmons—in season late summer season by early winter—supply such a novel taste, shade, and texture to chill climate recipes. That vibrant pink-orange shade is a calling card for persimmons’ diet energy, compliments of phytochemicals. Right here’s a observe about persimmons—there are two essential kinds of persimmons—hachiya (pictured above on the farmers market) and fuyu (pictured with my salad). The fuyu, are squat and spherical, trying a bit like an orange tomato. These may be eaten crisp earlier than they’re absolutely comfortable and mature. These are the kinds of persimmons that work greatest in recipes like this. Hachiya persimmons have to be eaten comfortable and ripe, so that they aren’t pretty much as good in recent salads. Study extra about utilizing persimmons within the kitchen right here.

Diet Notes

This salad is off the charts with diet for a modest quantity of energy! The persimmons supply an excellent course of nutritional vitamins A and C, lutein, and fiber. The beans supply a pleasant dose of B nutritional vitamins, protein, fiber, iron, copper, potassium, zinc, and magnesium. The kale is filled with important vitamins like nutritional vitamins A, C and Okay, potassium, and calcium—plus phytochemicals. And the walnuts supply a punch of heart-healthy fat. What’s to not love about that diet mixture!

Try my video on how one can make this Mediterranean White Bean Salad at The Plant-Powered Dietitian.

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For different satisfying fall and winter salads, strive the next:

Quinoa Apple Waldorf Salad
Butternut Squash Salad with Kale and Barley
Pomegranate Avocado Quinoa Salad
Jewel Winter Salad with Orange French dressing
Blood Orange Salad with Kale and Hazelnuts
Sonoma Kale Salad with Crimson Grapes and Mushroom-Crimson Wine French dressing
Mandarin Quinoa and Kale Bowl

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