The benefits of beans for digestion and the development of the immune system have long been proven. It contains fiber, magnesium, phosphorus, vitamin E and many other useful substances. Especially this plant of the legume family is indispensable for vegetarians and people who want to lose weight. In addition, it must be said that the bean salad with cheese is easy to prepare and extremely tasty.
To prepare such a dish, you can use not only canned, but also fresh beans of various varieties. Since there are quite a lot of recipes for this dish, the necessary ingredients can be different, because beans and cheese are combined to taste not only with almost all vegetables, but also with meat, sausages and many other products.
So, for the festive table, you can cook a bean salad with cheese and ham. In addition to the main ingredients, you will need a couple of apples, a clove of garlic and mayonnaise. It is better to take red beans, canned in their own juice. Ham and cheese are cut into small cubes. The apple is peeled and cut into slices, approximately the size of the rest of the ingredients. Everything is mixed, beans, pressed garlic are added and seasoned with mayonnaise.
For the next recipe, according to which a bean salad with cheese is prepared, you can take boiled beans. To do this, previously it is soaked for the night, after which it is cooked for about two hours. In addition, you will need processed cheese and a package of crab sticks, which are cut into pieces in size similar to beans. Sweet bell pepper is washed, the core is removed from it, and the rest is cut into small squares. The ingredients are mixed, slightly salted, carefully mixed. Mayonnaise is laid out on them with a slide. You can decorate such a salad with sprigs of parsley or dill.
It turns out to be very tasty and satisfying bean salad in tomato. His simplest recipe will be the following. Fried onions and carrots are added to the beans, from which the liquid is drained. Shredded walnuts and grated cheese, a little lemon juice are added here. You can fill this salad with tomato, drained from beans, or with a small amount of mayonnaise. In addition, ham and chopped boiled eggs can be added here.
If there is a string bean (it is better to take young), then you can make a bean salad with cheese and celery. To do this, beans and celery are boiled until half ready. Chopped onions are passaged for some time in sunflower oil, after which several spoons of tomato paste, a pinch of salt, a teaspoon of sugar and vinegar are added here. For a few minutes everything is left on fire. Celery is peeled and cut into small cubes, mixed with beans, sprinkled with grated cheese. season the salad with cooled sauce, chopped greens are placed on top.
Fresh vegetable flavor has a salad of beans and cabbage. To do this, it is better to take a cauliflower cabbage, cut it into several parts and boil for about 10 minutes in salted water. After this, the cabbage is chopped into small strips, canned beans and green peas are added to it. 2-3 boiled eggs are cut into cubes, greens are chopped, everything is added to the salad and seasoned with juice from half a lemon and a small amount of sour cream.
Beans salads with mushrooms are original in taste (you can take pickled, fried, dry or fresh). Such a dish will not only be delicious, but also contain a large amount of protein, which is important for vegetarians or people holding fast.
I must say that salads in which beans and cheese are added, regardless of the recipe for their preparation, will be successful not only in the daily diet, but also on the festive table.