Hello from TINA KASHIAN! My garden is producing Jersey beefsteak tomatoes and cucumbers as well as many other vegetables and herbs. I love summer salads using these fresh ingredients and combining them with others, even canned goods. This summer string bean salad is a favorite in my house and uses my garden tomatoes and cucumbers. The salad is tossed with a healthy lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil dressing. The recipe is easy to prepare and full of flavor. I hope you try it and enjoy it as well.
Ingredients:
2 14.5-ounce cans of French style green beans, drained and rinsed
2 large beefsteak tomatoes, diced
2 large cucumbers, chopped (remove any large seeds)
¼ cup canned kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 tablespoon salt or to taste
½ teaspoon black pepper
Juice of one fresh lemon
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
Directions:
Drain the cans of French style green beans and rinse in a colander. Add them to a large bowl. Drain a can of kidney beans, rinse, and add a ¼ cup to the bowl. Peel and chop the cucumbers and dice the tomatoes. Add to the bowl.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the olive oil, fresh lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Add to the large salad bowl and mix thoroughly. Refrigerate for an hour, then serve. Enjoy!
What is your favorite summer salad?
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even her impending nuptials can keep Lucy Berberian, manager of her
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But her dive into the icy ocean is especially chilling when she finds a fellow
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Tina Kashian writes the Kebab Kitchen Mediterranean mystery series, and her first book, Hummus and Homicide, spent six weeks on the B&N bestseller list. Tina is an attorney and a mechanical engineer whose love of reading for pleasure helped her get through years of academia. Tina spent her childhood summers at the Jersey shore building sandcastles, boogie boarding, and riding the boardwalk Ferris wheel. She also grew up in the restaurant business, as her Armenian parents owned a restaurant for thirty years. Tina still lives in New Jersey with her supportive husband and two daughters.
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There's a great broccoli salad an old co-worker made. It's technically summery, but she always brought it to the staff Christmas party. Every year there was a mad dash for her dish. She's retired now and there's been so much turnover there's only about 6 of us left who know about it, but luckily I got the recipe from her before she left.
ReplyDeleteHi Alicia! It's nice you still have that broccoli salad. I recently went to a friends and she made broccoli coleslaw which was delicious.
DeleteInteresting that you choose canned green beans, rather than fresh. Very retro!
ReplyDeleteHi Libby! My two girls like the canned version better for this salad. I'm happy they like it!
DeleteThis looks fantastic. Thanks, Tina!
ReplyDeleteA timely recipe for me, since we have an abundance of fresh green beans coming from my garden daily. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGreat! Glad you find the recipe useful, Karen.
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