We asked experts what they like about the trendy salads—and how to make a really good one.

Registered dietitian Erica Baty prepares a dense bean salad with ingredients including ... it has “late-summer vibes.”. Witchel recently sung this recipe’s praises after having one for ...

Equally at home on the holiday table or at a backyard barbecue, this bright green-bean salad is filled with captivating texture–crunchy hazelnuts, crisp cured meat, chewy dates, barely tender beans.

Witchel's dense bean salads usually contain some combination of chickpeas, cannellini beans, lima beans or edamame. Other types of legumes include black beans, pinto beans, lentils, peas and peanuts.

Try the dense bean salad. Violet Witchel ... "an incredibly nutrient-dense food that will keep you full, too." More: Green beans are one vegetable you really can't get too much of.

Green beans, string beans, snap beans, haricots vertswhatever you like to call ’em-are the simple, stringy veggies that have ...

Carrots? Shave them raw or chop and roast them, then add to a dense bean salad. Herbs that are about to go bad? Blend them into a green goddess-style dressing to pour over everything. Even some ...