Plant-Based Panzanella Salad with a Delicious Pantry-Style Twist

Panzanella Salad is a classic salad from Italy that’s made with stale bread, tomatoes, olive oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper. It can contain other ingredients, including cheese or tuna, but this is a dairy-free and plant-based recipe that’s hearty enough for a light meal.

Plant-Based Panzanella Salad with a Delicious Pantry-Style Twist

It isn’t that uncommon to see lettuce and olives added to modern versions of panzanella salad, but this recipe really goes off the beaten path. It also contains artichoke hearts, radishes, and even chickpeas for a boost of fiber and protein. And it includes options for using canned ingredients, to make preparation super fast.

Some Florentine traditionalists might not approve these rogue additions, but we think they’re a tasty idea! A few other ingredients that you might like to add include red onion, cucumber, garlic, bell pepper, or fresh herbs.

Panzanella salad is also a great way to use up leftover, stale bread. Most people use French bread, but you can use any type, even whole grain. And because gluten-free bread is usually on the dry side, it also works quite well in this recipe.

This dairy-free panzanella salad recipe with photo was shared with us by Cans Get You Cooking.

Special Diet Notes: Pantry Panzanella Salad

By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, optionally gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan, plant-based, and vegetarian.

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Pantry-Style Panzanella Salad

5 from 2 votes

This might not be a traditional panzanella salad, but the flavorful additions make it a nice light meal.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Servings: 4 servings

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

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White Wine Vinaigrette

• ½ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup white wine vinegar
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper

Panzanella Salad

• 1 pound day-old dairy-free Italian bread cut into 1/2-inch cubes (gluten-free, if needed)
• 8 ounces romaine lettuce chopped
• 2 10-ounce cans chopped tomatoes (can sub 2 fresh tomatoes)
• 1 15-ounce can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 14-ounce can artichoke hearts, drained
• 1 3.8-ounce can olives, drained
• 1 1.5-ounce can sliced radishes (can sub 2 fresh radishes)

Method

 

White Wine Vinaigrette

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, white wine vinegar, salt, and pepper.

Panzanella Salad

1. In a large serving bowl, toss the bread cubes with the lettuce, tomato wedges, beans, artichoke hearts, olives, and radishes.
2. Drizzle the salad with the vinaigrette, and toss it to coat.
3. Serve the salad immediately, or let the flavors meld for about 30 minutes before serving.

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