elegant green bean salad
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This is a great recipe for a new salad and a nice snack or light lunch.The vinaigrette dressing is really good on this recipe. I think the recipe was for fresh fruit salad from a magazine about 15 years ago- I just used their concept for green beans.
(1 rating)
yield
6 servings
prep time
25 Min
cook time
45 Min
method
Microwave
Ingredients For elegant green bean salad
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1 ccoarsely chopped walnuts
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3/4 colive oil
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1/4 cwhite wine vinegar
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1 Tbspchopped fresh dill
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1/2 tspminced garlic
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1/4 tspkosher salt
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1/4 tspfreshly ground black pepper
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1 1/2 lbwhole fresh green beans,washed and stemmed
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1 smpurple onion, thinly sliced
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1/2 cdried cranberries
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1/2 ccrumbled feta cheese
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1 pkgzip 'n steam bags (by ziploc)
How To Make elegant green bean salad
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1Bake walnuts in a shallow pan at 350^, stirring occasionally, 5 to 10 minutes or until toasted; set aside. --- Combine oil and next 5 ingredients; cover and chill.
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2Place cleaned green beans in bags to full line and microwave per directions on bag -about 3 minutes until beans are crisp-tender;drain any liquid from bag and dry gently.(use more than one bag if necessary)
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3Combine walnuts, beans, onion,cranberries and cheese in a large bowl; toss well. Cover and chill. Pour oil mixture over bean mixture 1 hour before serving; toss just before serving. This is soooo good.
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