Caprese white bean salad with mozzarella
10 min · 26 g protein · 430 cals / serving
Creamy cannellini beans, lots of sweet cherry tomatoes, torn fresh mozzarella and plenty of basil, tossed in garlicky olive oil and balsamic over a bed of rocket. The caprese salad turned into a no-cook dinner, ready in 10 minutes, and it is even better the next day.
Ingredients
- 2 lb cherry tomatoes, halved
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3 (15 oz) cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 ball plus a little fresh mozzarella, drained and torn, or 5 oz (150 g) mozzarella pearls
- 1/2 small red onion, finely sliced
- 1 large handful fresh basil, torn
Dressing
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 (7 oz) bag arugula, to serve
Steps
- Toss the halved tomatoes with the salt in a large bowl and leave them while you open and rinse the beans; they give up their juice, which becomes the dressing.
- Add the beans, mozzarella, red onion and most of the basil. Whisk the olive oil, balsamic, garlic and pepper, pour over and toss gently.
- Serve on a bed of rocket with the last of the basil on top. To keep it for lunch, store the salad in the fridge for up to 2 days and pack the rocket separately; the beans soak up the dressing and only get better.
Good to know
Can I use less cheese?
One ball of mozzarella still puts a piece in every forkful, at about the same score. Light mozzarella works well here too.
Per
- Calories
- 82
- Protein
- (25%)
- 5 g
- Fat
- (34%)
- 3 g
- Carbohydrates
- (42%)
- 10 g
- of which sugar
- 3 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 170 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 1720 kcal goes into the pot and 2098 g of ingredients comes out as about 2098 g of food: 82 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.