Italian Bean Salad
In an Italian restaurant I worked in as a teen pantry helper, my job was to prepare salads and desserts! This one is inspired by that restaurant with great Italian ingredients you can find in most big grocery stores.
Ingredients
- arugula salad
- radicchio
- cannellini beans (white beans)
- gorgonzola cheese (milder blue cheese) crumbles
- pesto sauce (basil, pine nuts)
- balsalmic vineger
- oregano, lemon pepper, coriander, parsley
- white onions (Vidalia or cipollino onion)
- apple or pear (diced or sliced)
- walnuts (optonal)
- capers
Instructions
- Add a bed of arugula.
- Fill a radicchio leaf with a mixture of beans, cheese, capers, and onion.
- Add fruit and walnut on the salad. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar (or light vinegar of choice as an alternative) and pesto. Flavor with spices.