Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes including: green salads; vegetable salads; long beans; salads of pasta, legumes, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads. They often include vegetables and fruits.
Typically it’s served with a sunny side up egg (love how the yolk runs into the rice!) and a side of fresh cucumber and tomato (no dressing) to make a meal of it.
Bean salad is a common cold salad composed of various cooked beans – green beans, yellow wax beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans – and typically fresh raw onions, peppers, and/or other vegetables, tossed in a vinaigrette or vinegar and characteristically sweetened with sugar. It can also be prepared as a pickled dish. Bean salad is a popular choice for home canning. Salads prepared with this method should be used within a year for best quality.
- 3 tbsp Olive Oil
- 4 cup Green Beans (cut to 2 to 3 inch long pieces)
- 1/3 cup Parmesan Cheese
- 1/4 cup Basil (Chopped)
- 3/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 dash Pepper
- 1 dash Salt
- 2 cup Red Onion or Shallot (Finely Chopped)
Optional Toppings
- 1 cup Sliced Cucumber
- 4 tbsp Crispy Fried Onion
- Salted Peanuts
Servings 6
- Amount Per Serving
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 85g131%
- Saturated Fat 120g600%
- Trans Fat 100g
- Cholesterol 250mg84%
- Sodium 255mg11%
- Potassium 240mg7%
- Total Carbohydrate 800g267%
- Dietary Fiber 64g256%
- Sugars 5g
- Protein 42g84%
- Vitamin A 31 IU
- Vitamin C 67 mg
- Calcium 80 mg
- Iron 90 mg
- Vitamin D 4 IU
- Vitamin E 50 IU
- Vitamin K 98 mcg
- Thiamin 26 mg
- Riboflavin 45 mg
- Niacin 16 mg
- Vitamin B6 93 mg
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note
Swaps and Substitutions
You can easily customize this highly versatile salad according to your own tastes or what's coming up in your garden. Here are a few suggestions:
- Herbs: Try parsley, cilantro, or mint in addition to or instead of basil.
- Cheese: Crumble feta over the salad in place of Parmesan.
- Toppings: Dress it up with other toppings, such as halved cherry tomatoes, toasted nuts (e.g., walnuts, pine nuts, slivered almonds), and chopped hard-boiled eggs.
How to Store Green Bean Salad
Refrigerate your salad in an airtight container for up to 5 days. In fact, this is one that tastes even better after a day in the fridge.
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