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    Beans

    Beans like pinto, chickpeas, and black beans add satiety and protein to a meal. They're popular in every cuisine from Mexican to Middle Eastern to Indian, and everywhere in between.

    Whether you're using canned beans or prefer to make them from scratch, there's a bean dish to fill your every need.

    • Close-up crunchy bits of chili crisp and garlic sauce coating steamed edamame.
      Spicy edamame with chili crisp & garlic (5-minute vegan appetizer)
    • Halloween dip with chipotle black beans, non-dairy sour cream spider web, olive spider, and leaf tortilla chips.
      Halloween bean dip with spider web (vegan)
    • Hand dunking crunchy pita chip into bowl of air fryer roasted beet hummus on veggie board.
      Beet hummus recipe (with air fryer roasted beets + oven option)
    • Swirls of pizza hummus in bowl, garnished with fresh basil, seitan pepperoni, and sun-dried tomato oil.
      Pizza hummus with sun-dried tomatoes
    • Platter of vegan chorizo tacos by Spanish rice and guacamole.
      Crunchy soy chorizo tacos with black beans (Easy Trader Joe’s dinner!)
    • Dollop of salsa and cilantro on vegan quesadilla.
      Easy vegan quesadilla recipe with refried beans (Just 3 ingredients!)
    • Vegan air fryer green beans with creamy dipping sauce.
      Crispy air fryer green beans (pan-fried option)
    • Bowl of vegan lentil chili with black beans, and topped with tortilla chips, non-dairy sour cream, and cilantro.
      One-pot lentil chili with beans
    • Kadhai with mung bean curry on table with cilantro and samosas.
      Mung bean coconut curry with kale
    • Black bean bowl with guacamole, rice, and fried plantains.
      Black beans and rice meal with fried plantains
    • Tortilla chip scooping into vegan black bean dip by chips, peppers, non-dairy cheese, and red pickled onions.
      Chipotle black bean dip (Trader Joe’s copycat)
    • Hummus bowl with roasted cauliflower and spinach salad.
      Hummus bowl with roasted cauliflower
    • Personal-sized vegan pot pies on table with rosemary.
      Mini vegetable pot pie with chickpeas (vegan)
    • Refried bean tostada with pickled red onions and avocado.
      Vegan refried bean tostadas (air fryer or baked)
    • Brightly colored pico de gallo dolloped on lentil tacos with cilantro.
      Vegan lentil taco meat (Ready in 15 minutes!)
    • Pickle hummus on table with tortilla chips.
      Irresistible dill pickle hummus
    • Vegan blue cheese dressing on top of a bowl of buffalo flavored hummus.
      Buffalo hummus with vegan blue cheese
    • Falafel sandwiches on a platter.
      Delicious falafel sandwich in a pita pocket
    • Falafel bowl drizzled with lemon tahini dressing.
      Mediterranean falafel bowl with rice (vegan)
    • Falafel drizzled with tahini dressing on salad.
      Quick & easy air fryer falafel with canned chickpeas (or oven baked)
    • Sliced avocado on plate with chickpea scramble and hashbrowns.
      Chickpea scramble: 15 minute vegan breakfast
    • Vegan burrito halves stacked on top of each other.
      Vegan burritos with beans, chorizo & tots
    • Chili in orange bowl topped with avocado, green onions, and peppers.
      Three bean chili: Warm up with a bowl
    • Bagel sandwich on table with potato chips.
      Bagel sandwich with hummus & vegetables
    • Roasted chickpeas in skillet.
      Roasted chickpeas (Just 4 ingredients!)
    • Pasta salad with fresh basil in blue bowl.
      Bowtie pasta salad with chickpeas & artichokes
    • Platter with toasted bread, hummus, artichokes, and marinated cashews.
      Crostini with hummus, artichokes & cashews
    • Overhead bowl with polenta, vegan chick'n strips, and black-eyed peas with collard greens.
      Black-eyed peas and collard greens (vegan)
    • Fruit and veggie platter with nuts, vegan cheese, and hummus.
      Rainbow fruit & veggie platter with hummus
    • Chili cheese tots on platter.
      Loaded tater tots with chili & cashew queso
    • Hands holding double hummus wrap sliced in half.
      Double hummus wraps with pickled turnips
    • Close-up vegan taco salad with dollop of guacamole.
      Vegan taco salad with spicy black beans
    • Hands holding black bean burrito with rice, plantains, and guacamole.
      Black bean burritos with plantains (vegan)
    • Close-up peach and black bean salsa in bowl.
      Peach salsa with black beans
    • Close-up salad with corn, avocado, bell pepper, and black beans.
      Black bean corn avocado salad
    • Buffalo chickpea sandwich topped with vegan blue cheese dressing.
      Buffalo chickpea sandwich with vegan blue cheese
    • Platter of loaded vegan nachos with guacamole, tomatoes, cashew queso, black beans, and soyrizo.
      The BEST vegan nachos with cashew queso
    • Bowl of hummus with toasted pita.
      Kalamata olive hummus with artichokes
    • Garbanzo bean tacos on plate.
      Chickpea tacos: An easy weeknight dinner
    • Close up kale salad with dolmas, air fried garbanzo beans, and olives.
      Kale salad recipe with roasted chickpeas

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