From Better Homes and Gardens

Garbanzo beans, the star of this bean salad recipe, are also known as chickpeas. Here's a delicious way to savor their nutty taste and firm texture.

Garbanzo Bean Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

If you prefer, you can substitute cooked bacon pieces for the prosciutto in this easy salad.

Warm Cannellini Bean Salad with Arugula and Prosciutto Chips

From Better Homes and Gardens

French breakfast radishes are sweeter than their rounder counterparts, but either kind will work in this fresh side salad.

Black-Eyed Pea and Spring Green Salad

From Food & Wine

It's impossible to grill tiny favas, but the sweet-starchy beans get a similar smoky flavor when they're charred quickly in a hot skillet. Jean-Georges Vongerichten tosses the charred beans with garlic, jalapeno, tarragon, and cubes of cheese for a warm salad.

Charred Fava Bean Salad with Lemon and Tarragon

From Betty Crocker

Rely on the deli for salad fixin's that toss into a 10-minute taste sensation.

Deli Beef and Bean Tossed Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Marinate kidney beans, garbanzo beans, crunchy vegetables, and cheese in a fresh-tasting lime dressing. Choose any combination of canned beans that you like.

Southwest Bean Salad with Lime Vinaigrette

From Betty Crocker

Try this three-bean and bacon recipe from Betty Crocker.

Three-Bean Bacon Medley

From Better Homes and Gardens

Garbanzo, small white, and lima beans star in this healthful high-fiber side salad. It's lightly and sweetly dressed and has a kick from jalapeno peppers.

Three-Cheers Bean Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

For this low-fat, high0fiber salad, choose any variety of canned beans, such as red kidney, cannellini, or Great Northern.

Tomato-Bean Salad Supreme

From Pace Salsa & Picante

This scrumptious bean salad combines kidney beans, pinto beans, sliced red onion and diced green pepper dressed with a flavorful combination of Pace® Picante Sauce, cilantro, oil and vinegar.

Best-of-the-West Bean Salad

From Betty Crocker

Whip up a delicious and easy-to-tote pasta salad. It'll take less than 30 minutes!

Three-Bean Pasta Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Sweet soybeans, kidney beans, and garbanzo beans combine to make this tasty salad recipe that's perfect for your next potluck.

Zesty Three-Bean Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Fresh green beans are the star of this salad recipe that's flavored with a simple lime-flavored dressing.

Green Bean Salad

From Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry

Refreshing and easy to make, this tasty recipe has it all. Individual puff pastry shells are filled with marinated shrimp and a kicked-up corn and bean salad. It's a terrific summertime dish, that's delicious year-round.

Roasted Corn, Tomato, Black Bean and Avocado Tarts

From Better Homes and Gardens

This cold side salad is different than the usual version because of the beans used.

Three-Bean Salad

From Ladies' Home Journal

Breaded turkey cutlets are served with a quick-fix salad and a homemade yogurt dressing to make this summer meal.

Spicy Turkey Cutlets with Black Bean Salad

From Pace Salsa & Picante

Pace® Pico de Gallo adds a burst of flavor to this simply fresh salad combining prepared bulgur wheat, black beans, corn and cilantro.

Bulgur Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Five types of beans--including kidney beans and butter beans--and bacon make this healthy recipe a potluck picnic favorite.

Calico Beans

From Better Homes and Gardens

With new potatoes, purple potatoes and green beans, this salad makes a colorful sensation at cookouts and potlucks.

Green Bean and Potato Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

If you want this Southwestern salad to pack more punch, use extra jalapenos. Serve with baked tortilla chips for some crunch in your lunch.

Texas Black-Eyed Pea Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

This main dish salad features grilled tuna steaks. You can replace the marjoram with oregano for this recipe, but its flavor is more pungent and robust so you may want to use less.

Tuna and Marjoram Bean Salad with Anchovy and Caper Vinaigrette

From Better Homes and Gardens

Apple and avocado freshen the taste of this hearty salad. Bottled Thousand Island dressing provides the base for a tangy topper.

Kidney Bean and Rice Salad

From Food & Wine

This salad is a well-rounded meal in itself, supplying a wealth of nutrients, including vitamins A and C. "I grew up in the French countryside," Laurent Gras says. "So vegetable-heavy dishes make me feel like I'm back home."

Crunchy Vegetable Salad with Sauteed Peas and Radishes

From Food & Wine

Ken Oringer believes chefs need to make a point of eating healthy dishes when they can, so he includes protein-rich quinoa in his diet at least three times a week. Here he mixes the grain with black beans, onions and peppers to make a hearty and very satisfying side dish that's a fun variation on prosaic five-bean salad.

Black Bean-and-Quinoa Salad

From Food & Wine

Chef Jerry Traunfeld, inspired by a trip through India, flavored this creamy chickpea salad with aromatic herbs and Indian spices, among them mustard, cumin, and fennel seeds.

Indian-Spiced Chickpea Salad with Yogurt and Herbs