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This Edamame Salad is an easy summer recipe that you’ll want to make for your next pot luck, BBQ, or even just for a healthy meal to enjoy all week. You get the healthy protein from the edamame, a creamy sweetness from the mango dressing, and can be versatile. Add in whatever veggies, protein, and grains you wish. This recipe will keep your gut healthy and satisfied!
Why You’ll Love Edamame Salad
- Versatile: Swap out the beans, veggies, grains, or any of the ingredients to make this Edamame Salad your own
- Crowd Pleaser: Bring this salad to a BBQ or pot luck and watch the whole crowd gobble it up
- Vegetarian: This Edamame Salad is vegetarian and vegan. Perfect for all dietary requirements and preferences
- Gut Healthy: This recipe has gut healthy ingredients that help improve digestion, and keep your bowel movements 💩 and insides happy
Ingredients
Edamame – Edamame are a source of soy protein and are rich in fiber, antioxidants, and vitamin K. These are all things that help keep your heart, blood, and gut healthy. Edamame can be a healthy, protein-packed snack or addition into a recipe
Quinoa – Quinoa is a whole-grain that is so good for you. It’s high in fiber, great for digestion, and it’s a fantastic gluten-free alternative to some other grains. Quinoa can be added to salads, bowls, stews, soups, and so much more
How to Make Edamame Salad
- Cook the quinoa according to package directions and set aside.
- Make the dressing: add all of the ingredients to a high speed blender and blend on high until combined and creamy. Add 1 tbsp water if needed to thin.
- Make the salad: To a large bowl add the cooked quinoa, cannellini beans, edamame, cashews, wonton crisps, chopped spinach, green onion, chopped cucumber and red pepper. Drizzle the dressing over, toss to combine and enjoy.
Tips and Tricks
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- Meal Prep: Keep the wonton crisps on the side and add to the salad when ready to eat (if you mix them in the salad and store in the fridge they won’t be crispy any longer)
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Substitutions
- Quinoa: Swap the quinoa for your favorite grain such as pearl barley, brown rice, or whatever you love
- Beans: You can swap the cannellini beans for any kind of beans such as chickpeas or kidney beans
- Cashews: Cashews can be omitted if you have a nut allergy or you can swap it for another kind of nut
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Common Questions
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Fiber rich foods are good for your gut such as lentils and legumes, veggies, apples, etc. Other foods that are good for your belly are foods that contain probiotics such as yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, and cottage cheese.
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Ingredients
For the salad
- 2 cups cooked quinoa, (about 2/3 cup uncooked)
- 14 oz can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 ½ cup shelled edamame
- ½ cup chopped salted cashews
- 1 cup wonton crisps
- ⅓ cup chopped fresh basil
- 2 cups chopped spinach
- 2 cups diced cucumber
- 1 red pepper, diced
For the creamy mango dressing
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 mango, pitted and chopped
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 large garlic clove
- 1 large basil leaf
- juice from one lemon
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
Instructions
Start Cooking- Cook the quinoa according to package directions and set aside.
- Make the dressing: add all of the ingredients to a high speed blender and blend on high until combined and creamy. Add 1 tbsp water if needed to thin.
- Make the salad: To a large bowl add the cooked quinoa, cannellini beans, edamame, cashews, wonton crisps, chopped spinach, chopped cucumber and red pepper. Drizzle the dressing over, toss to combine and enjoy.
Notes
- If you love this salad, you’re sure to enjoy our Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe
- Meal prep tip: keep the wonton crisps on the side and add to the salad when ready to eat (if you mix them in the salad and store in the fridge they won’t be crispy any longer)
Maria Koutsogiannia
Maria is the creator of FoodByMaria and your go-to Greek food expert for cozy, flavor-packed recipes. Inspired by her Mediterranean roots, she brings traditional Greek flavors, feel-good ingredients, and a whole lot of joy to everyday cooking.
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I love this salad and made it several times for my family and when I’ve entertained. It’s a big hit! Now that it’s fall/winter I can no longer find mangoes. Is there any other fruit I can use to replace the mango?
You can try kiwi, or bell peppers or even tomatoes!
This is a great combination of textures and flavors. I found shelled edamame in the freezer section, but it said to microwave them. You don’t mention doing that. Also, how much green onion do you add? The dressing didn’t taste like mango. The other flavors overpowered it. So next time I would add more mango.
You don’t have to microwave! We choose to boil or just let them thaw. Also depends on the package you purchased! Follow your heart! We love the mango dressing but if you prefer to add more, go ahead! Glad you gave it a try! Thanks!
That mango dressing is amazing! Bookmarking this one now 🙂
Thank you so much hun!!
Nice and fresh! Great combination I left out the spinach but added some feta. The dressing was perfect
That makes me so happy, thank you Joan!
That’s quite a salad! Nice and flavorful and hearty!
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Thanks!