Green Beans and Avocado Salad
By: Kathy-Ann Hart
Published: Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 1:47pm

Ingredients




1 pound green beans
2 avocados (sliced thick)
1 heart of romaine lettuce (chopped)
2 tbs. unsalted butter
2 tbs. parsley
2 teaspoons tbs. + ½  salt
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
juice of 2 lime

Preparation

1 Place beans in boiling salted water (use 2 tbs. salt) for a couple minutes until al dente. 2 Drain. 3 Melt butter in shallow pan and add beans, parsley, ½ tsp. salt and pepper. 4 Cook for 5 minutes stirring occasionally. 5 Mix in lime juice from one lime. 6 Turn off the heat and cool to room temperature. 7 When cool place on bed of romaine and top with sliced avocados. 8 Squeeze the juice of the second lime over the avocados.

About


This week, I tweaked the recipes from the ones I actually used...from the Green Beans and Avocado Salad, I learned (from my daughter and boyfriend) that what’s fine heat wise for me might be too hot for other palates.