Easy Black Bean, Cucumber and Feta Salad

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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

This Easy Cucumber, Feta and Black Bean Salad recipe is a staple recipe heading into the warm summer months. It’s a wonderful way to use fresh ingredients like crisp cucumbers, red peppers, and black beans. It’s the perfect cold salad that is packed with protein, which makes the perfect lunch, a great side dish, and one of my favorite vegetarian recipes.

Why you’ll love this fresh salad…

• All you need is a few basic ingredients that are easy to find all year long at your local grocery store.
• It’s packed with protein thanks to the black beans, but a great way to get some veggies in a dish since it uses some fresh vegetables.
• This dish makes for a perfect filling lunch salad bowl, side salad, or the perfect summery dish to bring to your next BBQ.
• My favorite part is the easy tangy dressing, which has the perfect subtle zesty flavors of lime. It’s a fantastic salad dressing that can also be used in corn salad, tomato salad, your favourite quinoa salad and other cucumber salads.
• This fresh salad can easily be prepared in advance, and honestly is even better the next day. Once prepared, the vegetables marinate in the easy lime vinaigrette and it is just perfection!

If you are looking for other fresh easy salad recipes like this, try these…

Orange, Grilled Halloumi & Kale Salad Grilled Watermelon Salad

Goat Cheese & Arugula Pasta Salad Orange, Feta & Arugula Salad

What you’ll need to make this easy black bean salad…

• 1 can of black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cucumber, chopped
• 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 cup of feta cheese, but add more to your taste. I love feta so I won’t stop you…
• lime wedges, for garnish

Ingredients for the zesty lime dressing…

• 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp of fresh lime juice
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/8 tsp of garlic powder
• 1/8 tsp of onion powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• fresh pepper, to taste

Let’s make this Easy Black Bean, Cucumber, and Feta Salad…

1. Start by rinsing and draining the black beans under cold water. Add the beans to a large bowl.
2. To the large bowl, add the chopped cucumber, sliced onion, diced red pepper, and crumbled feta cheese.
3. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, lime juice, cumin, garlic and onion powder, teaspoon salt and pepper. Whisk to combine.
4. Pour the lime dressing into the large bowl and mix to get everything well mixed.

For best results, allow to chill in the fridge at least 30 minutes before serving. This will allow the flavors to marinate together.

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