Minty Three Bean Salad

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:

1. Blanch green and yellow beans until cooked through to the crunchy/tender stage. (2 minutes)
2. Plunge them into cold water and drain and set aside.
3. Blanch the shell beans.  5 – 10 minutes if they’re small, larger beans might take 20 minutes.
4. Plunge them into cold water and drain and set aside.
5. 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.
6. Add beans, onion, and garlic,  Toss with dressing.  Sprinkle mint and lovage over the beans.