Green and Yellow Bean Salad With Sun Dried Tomatoes

Submitted by COOKGIRl

"From Bella Sun Luci/Mooney Farms' company. For best results, wait until the beans are at their peak of flavor to prepare this salad."

 

• Ready In: 19mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• Salad

• 340.19 g fresh green beans, trimmed, break in half
• 340.19 g fresh yellow wax bean, trimmed, break in half
• 177.44 ml sun-dried tomato, drained, chopped
• 1 medium red onion, sliced into crescents
• 1 fresh basil leaf, thinly sliced (NOT dried)

• Vinaigrette

• 44.37 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 44.37 ml red wine vinegar
• 1.23 ml sugar
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste

directions

1. SALAD: Cook the green and yellow beans in large pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, approximately 5 minutes.
2. Drain, rinse under cool water and drain again.
3. In a serving bowl combine the cooked beans with the sun dried tomatoes, red onion and fresh basil.
4. VINAIGRETTE: In a small glass container whisk together the olive oil, red wine vinegar, sugar and black pepper.
5. Add the vinaigrette to the beans and toss to coat. Chill 1-4 hours.

Reviews

[Rita1652]

Crisp, sweet and refreshing! My sun dried tomatoes were in olive oil so I did cut back on the oil and skipped the sugar for the tomatoes added a lot of sweetness. Thanks for the healthy goodness.