Green Bean Salad With Red Onion and Tomato
By: Anonymous
Published: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 12:40am

Ingredients




1 pound fresh green beans washed, trimmed
1/4 red onion sliced thin
1/4 European cucumber cut into thin sticks
resembling shape and size of green beans
1/2 pint grape tomatoes halved
Extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling
1/2 lemon juiced
Coarse salt to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper to taste

Preparation

1 Steam green beans in 1/2-inch boiling water covered for 3 or 4 minutes. Cold shock beans by running under cold water and drain well. 2 Place beans in a bowl and combine with onions, cucumber and tomato. Dress salad with a generous drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil and the juice of 1/2 lemon. Season salad with coarse salt and pepper, to taste. 3 This recipe yields 4 servings.