Roasted Pepper, White Bean, and Mozzarella Salad #recipe from Molly MacRae

 

If you’re having a busy day or a lazy day, this is a quick, convenient, customizable, and delicious supper. Especially on a hot summer night, which we had plenty of this summer. Use your own cooked beans and roasted peppers, or use cans and jars. Add your choice of greens. Toss in tomatoes or leave them out. Make it a bit spicy with Tajin or more Italian with fresh oregano along with the fresh basil.

 

Roasted Pepper, White Bean, and Mozzarella Salad

Adapted from Hetty Lui McKinnon in The New York Times

 

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive or vegetable oil

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1 large garlic clove, finely grated (next time I'll use two)

Salt and pepper

1 (16-ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained 

2 (15-ounce cans) cannellini beans, rinsed

1 pint tiny tomatoes, cut in half (or a couple of larger tomatoes cut into bite-size pieces)

8 ounces fresh mozzarella, torn into bite-size pieces

Baby arugula or other greens

Tajin (a chili pepper, lime, and salt seasoning), optional

Handful of torn basil leaves

 

Directions

To a large salad bowl, add oil, vinegar, and garlic. Season generously with salt, pepper, and Tajin (if using). Whisk to combine.

Tear the red peppers into strips, each about 1-inch thick. Add the peppers and beans to the bowl and toss to combine.

Add the tomatoes, mozzarella, arugula, and basil. Toss to combine. Season with more salt, pepper, and Tajin.

Ready to get away from it all? Visit Ocracoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina, in the Haunted Shell Shop Mysteries.

Or travel to the Scottish Highlands in the Highland Bookshop Mysteries.

 

Spend time in northeast Tennessee in the Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries, two stand-alone mysteries, and a collection of short stories.

 

Or travel from Cape Cod on the east coast to Monterey on the west coast, with a stop in Ohio along the way in my very gentle mysteries written as Margaret Welch.

 

Happy reading! 

The Boston Globe says Molly MacRae writes “murder with a dose of drollery.” She’s the author of the award-winning, national bestselling Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries and the Highland Bookshop Mysteries. As Margaret Welch, she writes books for Annie’s Fiction. Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and she’s a winner of the Sherwood Anderson Award for Short Fiction. Visit Molly on Facebook and Pinterest and connect with her on Instagram or Bluesky.