I’m super excited to welcome my fantastic friend Jessica from Decor Adventures to the Summer Salad Recipe Series today! Jessica and I met at the first Haven and have become good friends since, I’m thrilled she’s stopping over here today. And bearing food, no less. Welcome, J! 😉
Hello friends! It’s Jessica from Decor Adventures. Carrie and I are buds from the Haven Conference and not only that, we got to meet up last fall when I was in Philadelphia. She is a doll and I’m glad to be here showing you an easy and delicious summer salad that you can make in about 15 minutes. It’s so good, it’s one of my regular summer dishes! Here is how to make tomato and green bean salad.
Ingredients
- Tomatoes
- Green Beans
- Basil
- Salt & Pepper
- Olive Oil
How to Make Tomato and Green Bean Salad
1. First you’ll cut of the ends of the green beans and cut them into small pieces. The sizes are up to you, I usually cut them in thirds. Then boil the beans to cook them for about 8 minutes. And I find it helps with flavor if you put a little salt in the water while you are boiling the beans.
2. While the beans are cooking, cut up the tomatoes into bite size pieces and shred some basil and mix together with salt, pepper and a little olive oil to taste.
3. When the beans are done, since they will be hot, I usually put them in the “blast chiller” aka the freezer for about 15 minutes to cool them down. Once they are cool, mix them with the rest of the ingredients and you are all done!
This salad only takes a few minutes and can be made with simple ingredients you can easily get from the farmers market or grow in your own garden like we are this year. I hope to make my own salsa this summer too, wish me luck!
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Looks like the perfect recipe from my garden! Pinned it for later when my beans come back (they got attacked by an overeager and apparently famished bunny who we caught in the act.)
Glad you can make this from your garden! And too funny about the rabbit. Maybe you’ll have to put up some chicken wire 🙂
I would never think to combine the two in a salad but it looks really good!
Thanks Heather! Yea, and they both are around so much this time of year. I hope you get to try it 🙂
YUM!! I eat green beans ALL SUMMER long so I am happy to discover a new way to try them.
Good for you! I can eat this salad every day, in fact I’m about to go get some right now 🙂
What a great idea! I would have never thought of making green beans the base of a salad! Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Glad you like the recipe! Maybe we can add cucumbers or something too, would be good!
That’s my kind of salad! Simple, fresh and delicious. Love it Jessica!
Thanks Kim! It’s super easy to make for sure.
Yum this looks so fresh and healthy!
Hi Dana,
I know, it is super healthy. I remind myself how many vegetables I’m getting when I eat piles of it 🙂
What a perfect summer combo! I can’t wait to try this. YUM!
Lauryn, You’ll have to make it for your next summer get together, it’s so easy and quick!