Simple Green Bean Salad
I made this for lunch today!
The green beans came from my dad’s garden and are seriously the best green beans I’ve ever had. I highly recommend buying them fresh and keeping them long for recipes, it makes your dishes look more elegant and finished :)
You don’t have to always be eating a salad with leafy greens to be getting in good nutrients. And you also don’t have to just eat plain steamed broccoli, or beans, or whatever, although I do like doing that too :)
Think of a vegetable you have on hand, or want to use and make it the main ingredient. Then play with your flavor enhancers and toppings to see what you can create with what you have.
Flavor enhancers I use on repeat:
Coconut aminos
A really good balsamic vinegar or fig balsamic that you don’t need to add oil to
Stone ground mustard, honey mustard
Garlic
Shallots
Green onions
Vegan cheeses
When you keep your kitchen stocked with these things you always have options to make things very flavorful.
INGREDIENTS:
Fresh green beans
1/3 red onion
Vegan feta (Violife)
Coconut aminos
Himalayan sea salt
Yukon gold potatoes
DIRECTIONS:
**To start out, you can make the green bean salad alone and serve as a beautiful side to a meal, I love this as an alternative to traditional green bean casserole
Wash your green beans and trim off the ends but leave them long, slice onion into thin rounds, wash potatoes
Heat an air fryer or oven to about 400 F
With a sharp knife, slice thin slices about 1/2” deep into the top of the potatoes, (however many you want to cook, I recommend making extras they are super easy to warm up!)
Place potatoes in air fryer
Heat a non-toxic pan to medium heat, add a small layer of water, then add red onions
Cover pan if you have one, I use this pan here nearly every single day!
Let onions start to soften, then add the green beans and simmer/steam for about 5 minutes
In a bowl place the green beans and onions, sprinkle with salt and coconut aminos, then top with vegan feta
Potatoes are done when they are slightly browned on top and easily poke a fork through on the bottom
Place potatoes on the side and serve!
NOTES:
You can add vegan butter to the potatoes if you like, or avocado
I like to smash the potatoes and then layer everything on top one another!
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