Fresh Green Bean and Tomato Salad with Creamy Garlic Dressing

Fresh Green Bean and Tomato Salad with Creamy Garlic Dressing

  Ready in : 45 mins

If you have about 45 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Fresh Green Bean and Tomato Salad with Creamy Garlic Dressing might be a spectacular gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and lacto ovo vegetarian recipe to try. This recipe makes 4 servings with 196 calories, 6g of protein, and 12g of fat each. For $2.0 per serving, this recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 8 people were impressed by this recipe. A mixture of red wine vinegar, salt, spicy brown mustard, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It works well as a budget friendly hor d'oeuvre. It is brought to you by Foodista. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 83%, which is excellent.

Ingredients

green beans

green beans

2 pounds

garlic

garlic

3 cloves

grape tomatoes

grape tomatoes

0.5 pint

ground pepper

ground pepper

0.125 teaspoon

olive oil

olive oil

2 tablespoons

pecans )

pecans )

2 tablespoons

red wine vinegar

red wine vinegar

2 tablespoons

salt

salt

1 teaspoon

shallot

shallot

1

spicy brown mustard

spicy brown mustard

0.25 cup

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    For the dressing

  2. 2
    Add all the ingredients to a blender and pulse until smooth. Taste the dressing and season, as needed.Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.For the salad

    blender
    blender
  3. 3
    Refrigerate the clean tomatoes until ready to assemble the salad.Blanch the green beans in boiling water for about three minutes.

    green beans

    green beans

    tomato

    tomato

    water

    water

  4. 4
    Drain them and immediately place them in ice water. Once cold, drain and refrigerate until ready to assemble the salad.When ready to serve, add the green beans and tomatoes to a large bowl.

    green beans

    green beans

    water

    water

    tomato

    tomato

    bowl
    bowl
  5. 5
    Drizzle the chilled dressing over the salad and toss to coat.

  6. 6
    Serve on individual plates and garnish with the toasted pecans.

    pecans

    pecans

  7. 7
    Add more dressing as desired