Beans - a product with high nutritional value (due to the high content of vegetable protein - 24%, magnesium, calcium and B vitamins), goes well with mushrooms, squid, herring and other products. Beans are bred because of seeds and fruits, and some varieties because of flowers called Turkish beans. General recommendations for the preparation of any salad with beans: before cooking, dry beans must be soaked for 10 hours. This helps to reduce the cooking process, as well as remove some indigestible sugars (oligosaccharides) from the beans, which cause gas formation and make digestion difficult. Beans can be used to make soups or other dishes. For example, a salad with mushrooms and beans, as well as salads with herring or squid, are delicious dishes with a high content of nutrients.
It is not difficult to make a very light and nutritious salad with mushrooms and beans. For its preparation, you can take dry seeds or green pods of asparagus beans. For salad choose products:
- 4 cups of green bean pods, fresh or frozen (they can be sliced);
- 2 glasses of champignons (buttons), cut into 4 identical parts;
- 1 head of red onion, cut into half rings;
- 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped (no press on the press);
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
- 4 ripe cherry tomatoes, cut into 2 parts;
- pepper and salt to taste;
- juice of 1 lemon.
Salad with mushrooms and beans is dietary, as it is prepared without mayonnaise or sour cream. From fats, a small amount of oil is used to fry mushrooms. Pods of green beans are prepared , for this veins are removed (if any) and thrown into boiling, pre-salted water. Young pods are boiled for 10 minutes, if the beans are already ripe, then about 30 minutes. Drain the water and leave the beans in the air so that it cools and dries. Then cut the pods into two parts. While the beans are cooling, in a large pan with warmed olive oil over high heat, mushrooms with onions are fried (use a small portion of onions) and garlic, mixed, removed from the heat, set aside and allowed to cool. The prepared green beans are transferred to a large dish, onions, sliced in half rings, are laid out on the beans. Top with mushrooms, fried with onions and garlic. Garnish with cherry tomato halves . Season with pepper, salt, pour over lemon juice. Salad with mushrooms and beans is ready, it can be served to the table.
A salad with calamari and beans is prepared as a lean dish. This dish can also be served to the table as the main one. To prepare, you will need:
- 2 cups of dried white bean seeds, left overnight in cold water;
- 3 cloves of garlic finely chopped;
- food salt;
- 1/4 faceted glass of olive oil;
- 625 g of peeled small squid, carcasses are cut into rings, tentacles are cut into pieces (length 2.5 cm);
- 12 large leaves of sage, cut at will;
- pulp (without seeds) 1 tomato;
- ½ teaspoon chopped red pepper;
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley;
- fried bread slices (toasts), grated with garlic and greased with olive oil.
A liter of 2 water is poured into a large pot and the beans are boiled in it, garlic is added. Bring to a boil, then continue to simmer for 30 minutes over moderate heat, season with salt and boil for another 10 minutes. Drain water from beans, leaving 1 ½ cup of liquid in stock. In a large deep frying pan, heat all the oil, spread squids and sage into it. Fry over moderate heat, stirring until squids turn white (it takes about 5 minutes). Add tomatoes, crushed red pepper and salt. Stew on a moderately low heat, stir, the sauce should slightly thicken (about 20 minutes). To the mixture in a pan add beans and set aside liquid and stew for 10 minutes (squids will be tender and the sauce will become thick), pour parsley. Prepared bread is laid out on plates. On each piece lay out the salad.
A dish suitable for fasting is a salad with herring and beans. But it can be eaten on ordinary days. The ingredients required for this recipe are:
- 1 kg of potatoes;
- ½ kg of salted herring;
- 1 can of red or white canned beans;
- 1 sour apple is peeled and core removed;
- 2 pickles, from which they peel the peel;
- 1 onion;
- 2 hard-boiled eggs;
- 1 clove of garlic finely chopped;
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil (per post) or mayonnaise.
Herring is cleaned, if it is very salty, put for a while in the water. If salt is not required to be soaked, then it is simply washed with cold water. Remove skin and remove bones. Jacket boiled potatoes, and then peel it. Dice potatoes, herring, eggs, onions, apples, cucumbers. Chop the garlic. Season with pepper and salt, mix everything. Dressed with butter or mayonnaise.