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Baby Lima Beans Salad with Bell pepper and Pomegranate

Last Updated on November 20, 2014

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Make ahead, Vegan Baby Lima Beans Salad with Bell pepper and Pomegranate requires minimal chopping and prep work. Looks like jewels in a bowl on your dinner table.

Thanksgiving dinner table with all the food arranged is the best sight a foodie can ask for. The colors are always filled with shades of brown (turkey,gravy, bread,stuffing,pumpkin pie etc..) and white (mashed potato,crab, chessey dips,gratin, pasta etc..) .Your only chance to add color to the table is cranberry sauce and salads.

Almost all the dishes are creamy buttery rich so how about some nice acidic salad to cut down the richness. It really cleanses the palate and enhances the flavors of the main dishes.
I have purposely avoided adding cheese, pecans or walnuts so pomegranate would shine.Plus the nutty buttery flavors comes from the lima beans.

Leafy green salad takes up ur  time on the dinner day with cleaning ,washing, chopping and of course wilting if made ahead. Here is an easy salad that can be made few hours prior to dinner which will still stay fresh and crisp. Added bonus of no nut and no dairy too.

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Ingredients:( Please increase quantity according to ur taste)
Baby Lima beans- 1/2lb (frozen)
Bell pepper- 1/2 of 1 chopped
Pomegranate – 1/2 of 1 seeds separated( arils )
Red Onion – 1 small chopped finely
Lime juice – 1 tbsp or as required(freshly squeezed)
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:
Cook frozen lima beans in enough water with salt until fully cooked but not mushy. Should have shape intact.
Drain the water and allow it to cool completely.
Meanwhile add lime juice to the finely chopped onion and let it rest for a while( atleast an hour)so the pungency of onion is reduced and it gives a pickled effect. You may used ready made pickled onions too instead.
Chop the bell pepper into required size.
In a mixing bowl toss in the cooked lima beans ,chopped bell pepper, onion and the lime juice.Mix gently add salt and pepper.
Just before serving add the pomegranate seeds mix once . Scatter more on top.This way the pomegranate seeds will retain the jewel tone  and will not look squishy.

Note :
Go for some horseradish or mustard sauce too if u like to for that extra pungency.

Here are other menu ideas : Sides and desserts

LINKS HERE :  Spicy hot Indian Roasted Turkey, Purple potato salad with Grapefruit vinaigrette , Cranberry sauce, Roasted Fig and Beet Salad, Sauteed Brussels Sprouts, Wine Poached Pear.

Links here : Creamy potato salad with mint , Beet & Cucumber rolls , Cauliflower Breadsticks ,
Dessert ideas :Cheesecake with Caramel topping , Caramel Apple Cake , Carrot cake with Coconut & Raisins .

 Cabbage roll with stuffed Turkey (LEFTOVER IDEAS) , Cranberry Pistachio Pilaf  ,Creamy Squash Rigatoni Pasta .

Here are other Thanksgiving side dish ideas from Food Network friends:

Virtually Homemade: Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus with Goat Cheese
Feed Me Phoebe: 
Healthy Stuffed Mushrooms with Creamed Kale
The Heritage Cook: 
Maple Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Candied Pecans (Gluten-Free)
Jeanette’s Healthy Living: 
100 Healthy Holiday Side Dish Recipes
Devour: 
Winning Thanksgiving Side Dishes
The Lemon Bowl: 
Stuffed Acorn Squash with Chorizo and Farro
The Mom 100: 
Lentils and Carrots with Dried Apricots
Big Girls, Small Kitchen: 
Maitake, Leek & Bacon Dressing
Weelicious: 
Vegan Whipped Coconut Sweet Potatoes
The Cultural Dish: 
Pumpkin Risotto
Napa Farmhouse 1885: 
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Red or Green: 
Cheese Ball with Everything Spice
Daisy at Home: 
Roasted Cranberry Pear Sauce
Swing Eats: 
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Thyme and Rosemary
Elephants and the Coconut Trees: 
Baby Lima Beans Salad with Bell Pepper and Pomegranate
Dishing With Divya: 
Ash Gourd Raita
Domesticate Me: 
12 Easy and Impressive Thanksgiving Sides
The Wimpy Vegetarian: 
Scalloped Sweet Potatoes and Apples | #FallFest

Dishin & Dishes: 
Stuffin Muffins
FN Dish: Colorful Thanksgiving Vegetable Sides — Fall Fest

Hope you like this post.
Meena

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  1. Sathya Priya

    November 20, 2014 at 10:51 pm

    hmm yummy ..simple salad .perfect for thanks giving table ..

    Reply
  2. marudhus kitchen

    November 21, 2014 at 12:52 am

    Wonderful color and sooo….delightful

    Reply
  3. Amrita Roy

    November 21, 2014 at 9:57 am

    very much colorful…visit my space too

    Reply
  4. Navaneetham Krishnan

    November 21, 2014 at 11:40 am

    I so agree Meena. We need the health in between those rich food and here you gave a nice one. Its so gorgeous and yes, the pomegranate is sunshiny.

    Reply
  5. Remya Elizabeth Anish

    November 21, 2014 at 6:55 am

    Very colorful and a good one to in our thanksgiving table…… ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  6. Smitha Kalluraya

    November 21, 2014 at 8:24 am

    looks colorful…

    Reply
  7. Ramya Venkateswaran

    November 21, 2014 at 12:52 pm

    lovely collections dear.colorful salad

    Reply
  8. Julie

    November 21, 2014 at 11:15 pm

    kollallo,full colorful salad..here kids don't favor salad much though I like this kinda salad once in a while…yummy collections for thanksgiving,kurachu nottam ittittundu..will try sometime ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  9. Cathleen

    November 22, 2014 at 4:28 am

    I love the combination of ingredients here! Yum!

    Reply
  10. beena stephen

    November 22, 2014 at 7:15 am

    Simple yummy colour full salad. Love it

    Reply
  11. Rekha Vengalil

    November 22, 2014 at 1:04 pm

    Salad looks delicious Meena ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  12. Swathi Iyer

    November 22, 2014 at 8:31 pm

    Adpoli colour ful salad, I will try it when I get pomegranate.

    Reply
  13. MonuTeena RecipesPassion

    November 24, 2014 at 1:32 am

    so healthy salad

    Reply
  14. Sona S

    November 24, 2014 at 7:56 am

    Such a healthy and colorful salad, looks inviting..

    Reply
  15. Jayanthi Sindhiya

    November 24, 2014 at 10:26 pm

    Healthy and a colourful salad,looks so yummy

    Reply
  16. Carol at Wild Goose Tea

    November 25, 2014 at 11:12 pm

    I never thought of using lima beans in a salad, let alone making it THE star ingredient. I like the idea. Really Xmas festive too with the
    two shades of green and the splashes of red like ornaments on a green Xmas tree.

    Reply
  17. Easyfoodsmith

    November 29, 2014 at 12:32 pm

    Beautiful healthy salad. I too uploaded a salad post ๐Ÿ˜€

    Reply

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