Eat Your Beans Easy Fresh Green Bean Salad Recipes

FRESH GREEN BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring 4 cups water to a boil. Add beans; cook, uncovered, for 3 minutes. Drain and immediately place beans in ice water. Drain and pat dry., In a large bowl, combine the beans, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots and parsley. In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients. Pour over salad; toss to coat. Refrigerate until serving. Serve with a slotted spoon.

EAT YOUR BEANS! EASY FRESH GREEN BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Bring about 2 inches of water to boil in the bottom of a steamer. Add the beans to the top part, cover and let steam until tender but still firm (about 4-5 minutes). You really want to retain their crispness. Drain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process. You could also dunk them into a ice water bath. Drain well and pat dry.
• While the beans cook, whisk together the vinegar, olive oil, mustard and garlic and season to taste with S&P. (If using feta you likely won't want any salt).
• Place the cooled beans into a bowl with the onions, cilantro, radish slices, oregano and toss together with the dressing. Adjust seasoning.
• Transfer to a serving platter. Surround the beans with the tomato wedges for garnish. Chill until ready to serve.

"EAT YOUR VEGETABLES!": GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH RED ONION AND TOMATO

Steps:

• Steam green beans in 1/2 inch boiling water covered for 3 or 4 minutes. Cold shock beans by running under cold water and drain well. Place beans in a bowl and combine with onions, cucumber and tomato. Dress salad with a generous drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil and the juice of 1/2 lemon. Season salad with coarse salt and pepper, to taste.

FRESH GREEN BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Dissolve the chicken stock cube in the water and add the trimmed green beans.
• Boil for about 10 minutes (they should still be fairly crisp).
• Drain and rinse briefly under cold water.
• Arrange in a shallow bowl and pour over the French dressing while the beans are still warm (This ensures the beans "soak up" the dressing).
• Leave to cool completely.
• Arrange the sliced tomato and onion around the edge of the bowl and garnish with whole or chopped black olives, if desired.

FRESH GREEN BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Clean and cut veggies. I like to blanch green beans for 1-2 minutes in salted boiling water, the plunge into ice water.
• Toss veggies with vinaigrette in a bowl and allow to marinate a couple of hours.
• Save leftovers, they get better the next day. Also good with fresh canned tuna for a quick lunch.

FRESH GREEN BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix salad ingredients together.
• Mix dressing ingredients together (except the feta).
• Toss everything together.
• Best if it stands for at least an hour at room temperature.
• To serve top each serving with feta.
• This stores well for a long time in a large ziploc bag if you only add the feta when served.