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California Harvest Recipe for Fresh Green Beans Salad
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This recipe for fresh green beans is sure to become one of your favorites. This cold green bean salad is next-level delicious! It’s loaded with peak summertime goodness. Plus, we’re sharing a few of our other favorite recipes for fresh green beans too.
A harvest salad with green beans? Absolutely.
Summertime means harvest time is in full swing in the Golden State, and it wouldn’t be complete without a great recipe for fresh green beans. This is the perfect summer salad combining some of California’s freshest and most abundant produce. The mix of flavors is sweet and crunchy and the textures together are wonderful. Bring it to your next neighborhood barbecue, or it makes a great substitute salad for any weeknight dinner.
What’s in this fresh green bean salad?
The ingredients are simple and abundant. Sweet peaches, crisp red onion, roasted pecans, and crumbled feta top a bounty of blanched green beans that I found at my local grocer.
Green Bean Salad ingredients:
- 4 lbs. fresh green beans
- 2 peaches
- 1/2 red onion
- 6 oz. feta cheese
- 1 cup chopped pecans
What are the steps?
It’s so easy! Steam the green beans while you’re chopping up the other ingredients, then ice them to stop the cooking. Toss it all in a bowl with dressing: salad is served!
This Lemon Dressing is a favorite!
More recipes for Fresh Green Beans:
Asian-Style Stir Fried Green Beans
This Asian-Style Stir Fried Fresh Green Beans recipe from G-Free Foodie contributor Tina is fresh, tasty, easy to put together and totally delicious.
Green Beans with Red Onion, Pistachios, and Herbs
Trust us when we say, you’ve never had green beans like these from This Mess is Ours! Their flavor is taken to the next dimension with the addition of sauteed red onion, pistachio, and vibrant herbs!
Sautéed Green Beans With Mushrooms And Shallots
Like green bean casserole, but better. This sautéed fresh green beans recipe pairs the fresh veggies with savory mushrooms and crispy shallots for a dish that you’ll probably want to double.
This green bean salad almost looks too pretty to eat! But, let’s do it anyway…
Lightly toss with your favorite vinaigrette salad dressing and voila: Summer Perfection!
Here’s the recipe:
Fresh Green Beans Salad
Ingredients
- 4 lbs. fresh green beans ends trimmed and cut into 2-3 inch pieces
- 2 peaches diced
- 1/2 red onion sliced
- 6 oz. crumbled feta cheese
- 1 cup pecans chopped
- Lemon Vinaigrette or your other favorite light vinaigrette dressing
Instructions
- Steam the green beans for about 7-10 minutes. Plunge into ice cold water to stop the cooking. Drain and place in a bowl.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and toss.
- Chill for at least 2 hours.
- Lightly add a bit of your favorite vinaigrette and serve.