Kidney Bean and Chickpea Salad

This kidney bean and chickpea salad is ridiculously easy with only 5 ingredients! Healthy, delicious, and ready in under 10 minutes.

We’ve got chickpeas, red kidney beans, red wine vinegar, olive oil, and garlic in here.

A sprinkling of fresh parlsey is nice but not totally necessary, and salt & pepper… well those don’t count in my 5 ingredients 😛

I love stupidly easy recipes. I’m also increasingly liking chickpea and bean recipes. I’ve always liked beans, but I hardly ever branch out from my old classic, tuna, beans, and onions. It’s so easy, and so good.

In fact, it was one of the first recipes I made for this blog. I may update it with new photos and give it some new life at some point!

Lately I’ve done a corn and chickpea salad, a Mediterranean chickpea salad, a Texas caviar style black bean salad, and now this cold bean salad. These types of salads are my favorite thing to take to work for lunch. Healthy, colorful, protein-packed, and I’m not sidelined by a pasta coma. 😉

I sometimes type “chickenpeas” by accident. I dunno what’s wrong with me. I’m totally paranoid that it’ll show up like that one day and I won’t catch it.

Annnyway, I love how vibrant the ruby red kidney beans are. It’s just such a pretty salad. And so simple.

Simple food is the best kinda food.

Will you make this red kidney bean salad?

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Kidney Bean and Chickpea Salad

This healthy bean salad is ridiculously easy with only 5 ingredients! Wholesome, delicious, and ready in under 10 minutes. Vegan.

Course Salad

Cuisine Italian

Keyword kidney bean and chickpea salad

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 4

Author Salt & Lavender

Ingredients

• 1 (19 fluid ounce) can chickpeas drained & rinsed
• 1 (19 fluid ounce) can red kidney beans drained & rinsed
• 1 large clove garlic minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• Parsley chopped (optional)
• Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients to a bowl. Toss and adjust oil/vinegar/salt & pepper to suit your preferences. 

2. Salad will last in the fridge for a few days. 

Recipe Notes

• Serves 2-4 depending on whether it's more of a main meal or a side.

You may also like my three bean salad recipe.