Friday, August 2, 2013

Threesomes make a Bean Salad


 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups cut fresh green beans
  • 1 pkg Lima beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 pkg red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
  • ½ cup thinly sliced red onion
  • 1/3 cup apple-cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Directions

First soak the green beans in vinegar water bath. This cleans them and helps set the green color. Let it sit for about 7 minutes, swish them all around then drain. Sit down with a scrap bowl and with fingers snap off the “string end” of the bean.

















Do you ever remember a family member doing this task getting ready for a big meal. Slave never had that chance. However I have seen this in many a movie.  It is used to show this was a hand made meal.  It was from scratch, just like in the “olden” days. 

 Forgive slave for getting sidetracked. It has been a rough couple of days and I found it so very relaxing to sit there and preform this small task and thinking about the Master I so gladly serve.


Mix green beans and red kidney beans and blanch steam for 12 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain and rinse. Set aside. Steam the Lima beans for a bit longer time, maybe 20 minutes or until these are soft and tender.

OR:

Blanch in a large pot of boiling, salted water until tender, about 12 minutes. Remove to an ice water bath to stop the cooking. Drain beans and set aside.

Either way: plunge them into ice water to stop cooking!


To make dressing:
In a small saucepan, stir together onion, vinegar and sugar.
Cook over medium heat just until sugar dissolves.
Remove from heat. Whisk in oil, mustard, and black pepper.
Add to bean mixture; toss to coat. Cover and chill for 4 to 12 hours, stirring occasionally.

 A great example of a crisp cool salad

Dedicated to my Master Indy
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To satisfy and restore. To nourish, support and maintain. To gratify, spoil, comfort and please, to nurture, assist, and sustain …..I cook!





 

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