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Store cupboard salad

Make the most of what you already have with easy storecupboard salads that are big on flavour and low on effort. Using budget-friendly tins, grains, pulses and pantry staples, these recipes need little to no cooking and are ready when you are.
Mixed bean salad
by Mary Berry

Grab that tin of beans from the back of your store cupboard and whip up this simple bean salad.

Each serving provides 321kcal, 9g protein, 24g carbohydrate (of which 6g sugars), 18g fat (of which 3g saturates), 12g fibre and 0.3g salt.

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