Green Bean and Cherry Tomato Salad
photo by lemon-yellow
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1 lb green beans, trimmed (I usually use the small french beans)
- 1 lb cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano
- 1 tablespoon minced shallot
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
directions
- Cook beans in boiling water 7 minutes or until tender.
- Drain.
- Place beans, tomatoes, and oregano in a large bowl; toss gently to combine.
- Combine the shallots and vinegar, stirring with a whisk.
- Let vinegar mixture stand 10 minutes.
- Add oil, salt, and pepper to vinegar mixture, stirring with a whisk until well blended.
- Pour vinaigrette over bean mixture; toss well.
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Very nice oil & vinegar side dish/salad! Fresh and light. We were looking for a recipe to use today's bean and cherry tomato harvest from the garden. Didn't have shallots on hand, so we used minced yellow onion. It was fine. Made very good next day left-overs, served cold. Cooking Light is a great resource--almost always love their recipes. Thanks so much for sharing, Simply Chris. (Photo uploaded.)
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Simply Chris
Surprise, 41
<p>My favorite cookbook, well I guess I have 3...The Way to Cook, by Julia Child, the Low Fat Living Cookbook and The California Wine Country Cookbook II. I am retired, due to no longer being able to work because of complications from the Crohns Disease I have lived with since 1971. For a while I didn't even do any cooking or knitting since the inflammatory arthrisis (secondary to the Crohns) was too painful in my hands and feet. Fortunately I am now on a drug protocol that seems to be working, but I am still not able to be as productive as I would like. Still can't work, but I am cooking and knitting again. My husband and I moved to Surprise, Arizona at the end of January 2005. My husband is retired from being in the wine business. I love to cook (and we love to eat) and am always looking for new recipies to try. Due to a slight blood sugar problem my husband has to stick to a diet that eliminates sugars and bad carbs, so I have had to modify a lot of the recipes we like. I love Recipezaar, as I have found so many good, healthy recipes here. I hope you enjoy the recipes that I post as much as I have enjoyed the new ones I've found here.</p>