Avocado Black Bean Salad Recipe | Avocado Bean Salad Recipe | Avocado Bean Salad With Lime Vinaigrette

Today's recipe is a simple, quick and healthy salad prepared with Avocado & Black Beans combo. This salad has a wonderful taste and flavor with tangy and refreshing lime vinaigrette dressing and also a protein & fiber rich recipe, a perfect diet menu too. Avocado in this bean salad makes it a super filling and delicious salad, I sometimes eat this salad alone for lunch or dinner as a meal. We like this kind of legume salad with or without avocado and with black eye beans or chickpeas or mixed beans combo.
Lime vinaigrette is so refreshing and perfect to balance the creamy taste of avocado. Here, i used garlic powder for dressing but you can also use freshly grated or finely chopped garlic. Now off to the wholesome and delicious avocado black bean salad..

Avocado Black Bean Salad Recipe

Prep Time : 10-15 minutes | Cook Time : nil

Recipe Category : Salad  | Recipe Cuisine : world

Serves 3

Ingredients 
For Salad

1. Black Beans, cooked  2 cup(I soaked black beans overnight, then pressure cooked)
2. Red Kidney Beans     1/2 cup(optional)
3. Avocado   1 or 2 no.(diced)
4. Red Onion   1/4 cup(finely chopped)
5. Tomato    1/3 cup(finely diced)
6. Green Bell pepper   1/4 cup(finely diced)
7. Cilantro   1/4 cup(finely chopped)

For Lime Vinaigrette

1. Lime Juice    from 2 fresh limes
2. Olive Oil   2 Tbsp
3. Garlic Powder   1/4 tsp
4. Cumin Powder   1/4 tsp(optional)
5. Sugar   1/4 tsp(optional)
6. Salt    to taste
7. Fresh Ground Pepper   1/4 tsp or  to taste

Method

• I used pressure cooked black beans and kidney beans, you can also use canned ones, if so rinse well before using.
• In a small mixing bowl, add all the ingredients for lime vinaigrette, and stir well(taste dressing and adjust salt and pepper to taste) and keep ready, if you want you can also prepare ahead and keep it in refrigerator.
• Then in a large mixing bowl, add black beans, kidney beans, onion, tomato, cilantro and mix well.
• After that add avocado and lime vinaigrette, give a gentle stir and serve immediately.