Warm Autumn White Bean Salad

For those of you who, like me, prefer their salads without lettuce, here is a nice one for the fall.

A yummy side dish
A salad without lettuce
Ready in a pinch.

Ingredients:

• 1 can white beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp coconut oil
• 1/4 cup minced red onion
• 1 small red, orange or yellow bell pepper, finely chopped
• 2 small tomatoes, finely chopped
• 1 small clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup finely chopped basil leaves
• freshly ground black pepper

1. Toss all of the ingredients together in a medium bowl. Serve at room temperature, or chill to save for later!

The recipe calls for salt as well, but I found it unnecessary. And as you can see by my picture, the basil and tomatoes are not finely chopped. Delicious eaten on its own, this salad is also quite delicious with corn tortilla chips.

Recipe taken from Mariel Hemingway's book Mariel's Kitchen.