Gigi Salad and Bush’s Beans Giveaway
While I was in Napa with Bush’s Beans for a day of Flavors from Around the World cooking at the CIA, Connie Guttersen shared her culinary expertise and dietary knowledge by showing us how we can build flavors around the goodness of beans with a salad.
A tasty and tangy salad that would definitely make a beautiful presentation at any holiday table!
Did you know that beans are one of nature’s healthiest foods?! – they are naturally low in total fat, contain no saturated fat or cholesterol, and provide important nutrients such as fiber, protein, calcium, iron,
folic acid and potassium. And according to the Mayo Clinic, beans are packed with phytonutrients that may help prevent chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer? Yep!! just one more great reason to add more beans to your diet!
We got to enjoy this salad for lunch, and let me tell you………….it’s even MORE delicious than it is GORGEOUS!!
BUSH’S Gigi Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette Recipe
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Ingredients
Citrus Vinaigrette
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/4 cup fresh grapefruit juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon agave syrup or honey
- 1 pinch chile flakes
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Salad
- 2 cups hearts of palms
- 2 cups orange segments (approximately 2 oranges)
- 1 cup jicama, juilenne
- 1 lb shrimp, cooked
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds, arials
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 1/4 cup scallions, cut thin on bias
- 2 cups butter lettuce, cut into strips
- 1/2 can Bush’s Cannellini Beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 tablespoon slivered almonds, toasted
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Citrus Vinaigrette
- Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk (or in a mason jar and shake). Season with salt and pepper.
Salad
- Combine hearts of palm, orange, jicama and cooked shrimp in large bowl; season with salt and pepper.
- Dress salad with 4 tablespoons of citrus dressing.
- Gently mix in pomegranate seeds, avocados, scallions, lettuce and beans.
- Taste for salt and pepper and additional dressing.
- Garnish with toasted almonds.
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I love the cannellini beans. Use them in a white bean and turkey sausage soup. Yum.
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I recently used great northern beans in my white chicken chili recipe – it turned out amazing.
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My favourite Bush beans are the black ones and I like to use them in chilis.
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I like red kidney beans in chili. Yum!
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This looks fabulous! Forwarded it to my Mom so we can make it next week! I love Bush’s black beans, we eat them on salads, with mexican food and I even mix them in with my turkey burgers! Thanks for the chance!
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My favorites are garbanzo beans to make homemade hummus and cannellini beans to make pasta fagioli.
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I like to use Bush’s refried beans to accompany a toritilla dish my family loves.
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My favorite bean is the black bean. I use it a lot in most of my Mexican dishes but I really love to just add them to a green salad too. They are a staple in my pantry.
I like the black beans, they’re really good in a mexican layered salad.
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Black Beans are definitely my favorite! I use them in soup, salsa’s, taco salads’ and I make a great crock-pot chicken recipe with black beans too.
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I love using black beans to make burgers. I add in corn and crumbled tortillas. Yum!
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I love Bush’s black beans and so does my 5 year old, so there you go!
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I love bush’s beans, I use a can, usually the original in my chili, it makes it slightly sweet and yummy!!!
I’m sort of plain jane. But I am very into cusing regular kidney beans for chili. Especially with this weather right now. OOOO which reminds me, my mom just made a batch and I have to go over and pick it up.
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I love to use light red kidney beans in red beans and rice.
My fave Bush’s beans are the Bush’s chili starter beans which I use every time I make chili!
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I can’t discriminate! I love cooking with and eating all beans!
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I’m a big fan of baked beans.. plain and simple. 🙂
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Love cooking with beans, but black beans by far is my favorite! I use them in many things. Mostly soups. I always add some kind of bean to my soups, good fiber and all! I also use them occasionally in salads.
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I *LOVE* the Bush’s Baked Beans (original) just as a side dish when we have a BBQ. It’s the thing I most look forward to!
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Actually one of my favorite recipes is one I originally got from this site. It’s called Seven Layer Taco Dip and we always have it for our Super Bowl party.
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