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This Simple Green Beans salad recipe is a tasty cold salad recipe that is perfect for any meal, but especially nice for a picnic salad or barbecue side dish. This season I love to create dishes that are easy to pack and go for a meal outdoors. This is one of those recipes that is a nice cool side dish and so easy to make.

This cold summer salad recipe is one of those classic recipes that still works today. It is a great way to incorporate green beans into your meal plan when they are on sale too!

Hello Friends! I hope you had a lovely weekend! We took advantage of the sun on Saturday and enjoyed a wonderful day in our backyard. We enjoyed the day with friends and watched some of the games on TV.

I love that this recipe reminds me of the salads I used to have as a child.

This recipe includes a red wine vinegar dressing for a wonderful marinated green bean dish.

Ingredients for Green Beans Salad

Green Beans – You will want to use fresh green beans from your farmers market or grocer. Canned green beans will not work.

Tomatoes – You can use any kind of variety. I usually pick the stemmed or Roma Tomatoes, but you can use cherry tomatoes or whatever you have on hand (or is on sale).

Parmesan Cheese – For best results, pick a nice cheese from the deli and grate it. If you want to save money, you can use a jar variety. 

Dressing- I have included the basic dressing for this salad. This dressing also works as a nice dressing with other vegetables too. If you are short on time, you can use 

Chilled green beans are quite refreshing if you have never had them in a salad.

For more great summer salad recipes, check out

Creamy Macaroni Salad –  Fresh peppers and creamy dressing make this a favorite year-round.

Broccoli Pasta Salad – a wonderful broccoli salad with pasta. Beautiful and colorful!

Quick and Easy Mediterranean Salad – Tomatoes, garbanzo beans, and feta make this salad extra special and colorful.

Mango Arugula Salad – A lovely change with fresh arugula and mango slices.

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Easy Green Beans Salad

Yield: 4-6

Simple Cold Green Beans Salad

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A delicious and refreshing cold green bean salad made with fresh green beans. Very simple to make and perfect as a healthy picnic or barbecue side dish.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 pound green beans
• ½ onion chopped
• 3 tomatoes (I used Roma)
• ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese

Instructions

1. Wash green beans, drain, and snap off ends. Fill a saucepan with water.
2, Heat water until boiling
3. Cook beans in boiling water 3-4 minutes
4. Remove from heat and drain well.

5. Pat beans dry with a paper towel.

6. Make the salad dressing in a separate bowl.

7. Toss warm dressing into green beans and chill in the refrigerator.

8. Top with cheese before serving.

Green Bean Salad Dressing

⅓ cup olive oil
2 tablespoons Red wine vinegar
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon mustard
Pinch of black pepper

Mix ingredients in small bowl or mason jar. Blend thoroughly and pour over green beans.

• Prepare the green beans ahead of time by washing beans and breaking off the ends.
• Use garlic form a jar or tube in place of fresh garlic.
• You can use a bottled balsamic vinaigrette dressing instead of making your own.
• Prepare extra salad and eat it again for lunch the next day or mix with cooked pasta for a nice meal.

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