This is a pretty easy ‘recipe’ (read - ‘ingredient assembly’), and a great source of fibre and plant protein - have it with a grain for the complete line up of amino acids. Beans and pulses also count as a portion of veg, so can be a cheap way of upping your veg count. Mixing capers with beans sounds potentially vile, but I promise it works….
What's the A to V?
Beans and pulses are a good source of non-heme iron, in addition to the usual pulse related micronutrient suspects. White beans are therefore a good source of manganese, magnesium and copper.
Ingredients (serves 3-4 as a side):
A tin of white beans,drained (whatever floats your boat)
A handful of olives (6-8), sliced in half (don’t do what I did here and end up having to use ones with the stone in...life doesn’t need to be any harder than it already is, lol)
1 teaspoon of capers or cornichons (halve the cornichons if using)
A handful of parsley, finely chopped
1 spring onion or a quarter of a red onion, very finely sliced
3-5 cherry tomatoes, quartered
Lemon, salt, pepper, and olive oil to season
Method
Quite possibly the shortest recipe I have ever written.
Drain your beans and place in a medium sized bowl.
Chop and slice all your ingredients, add to the bowl, and stir well.
Squeeze your lemon over the salad, and season with salt, pepper and olive oil.