Minty Three Bean Salad
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This is a flavorful veggie salad for your Sunday dinners or Holiday Buffet.
Ingredients:
- 1 lb fresh green beans trimmed
- 1 lb yellow wax beans, trimmed
- 1/2 lb fresh shell beans, shelled
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp hot water
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- dash of low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp Dijon mustard
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh mint
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh lovage, optional
Procedure:
- Blanch green and yellow beans until cooked through to the crunchy/tender stage. (2 minutes)
- Plunge them into cold water and drain and set aside.
- Blanch the shell beans. 5 – 10 minutes if they’re small, larger beans might take 20 minutes.
- Plunge them into cold water and drain and set aside.
- To prepare the dressing, mix honey nd hot water and in a non-aluminum pan, combine honey mixture with cider vinegar, until honey dissolves. Cool slightly and add oil, soy sauce and mustard.
- Add beans, onion, and garlic, Toss with dressing. Sprinkle mint and lovage over the beans.
Tags: easy three bean salad, three bean salad, veggie salad
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July 25, 2009 1:25 pm
