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Green Bean Salad Recipe

"I made this green bean salad recipe yesterday, and it was SIMPLY DELICIOUS!"

Use fresh, tender green beans for this easy salad recipe. You can fix this simple vegetarian recipe in just a few minutes!

Tossing in the fresh tomatoes adds a delightful color and you will find that your guests will ask for seconds and thirds.

Only 33mg of sodium per serving! Besides delicious, this is one of the healthiest salads you could serve.

Green Bean Salad

Green Beans and Tomato Salad

1 lb		green beans
1/4 cup		fresh basil, finely chopped
2 Tbs		shallots, minced
2 Tbs		lemon juice
2 Tbs		sour cream
1 Tbs		honey
1 pint		grape tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes)
1/4 cup		pine nuts

1	Trim the beans and cut into 1" pieces. Steam in a double boiler for five minutes over medium high heat. Remove from heat and rinse with cold water. Drain
2	Combine basil with next four ingredients (through honey) and mix well.
3	Halve the tomatoes and combine with the beans. Toss with the basil mixture and top with the nuts.

Servings: 6

Nutrition Facts

Serving size: 1 serving

Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.

The following ingredients were not linked to the ingredient database and were not included in the nutrition information:

grape tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes)

pine nuts