Last Updated on May 11, 2022 by
A few months ago when I visited a local farm (alstede farms) that allows visitors to pick their own fruits and vegetables, I came home with a variety of green, yellow and purple beans.
Since I started participating in Srivalli’s Cookbook Challenge last month, I have been perusing the arsenal of cookbooks in my house. I have my go to books that I use fairly often like The African & Middle Eastern Cookbook & The Pillsbury Baking Book or my Julie Sahni and Maddhur Jaffrey books for Indian cooking. However, there are many books and magazines that never get looked at.
I have a whole pile of Gourmet magazine when I used to subscribe to them from 2004 and 2005. This green bean salad recipe is from August 2004 and there was even a star next to the recipe meaning I had planned to try it.
Serves 2-4
Ingredients:
- 12 oz. green, yellow and/or purple beans
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
Boil a large pot of water. Add beans and cook for 3-4 minutes until crisp-tender. Place in ice water to immediately stop cooking.
In a small bowl, whisk all the other ingredients, except the sesame seeds, until thoroughly combined. Add dressing and sesame seeds to cooked beans and toss well.
A simple salad to utilize fresh ingredients!
Sesame Green Bean Salad
Ingredients
- 12 oz. green yellow and/or purple beans
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds toasted
Instructions
- Boil a large pot of water.
- Add beans and cook for 3-4 minutes until crisp-tender.
- Place in ice water to immediately stop cooking.
- In a small bowl, whisk all the other ingredients, except the sesame seeds, until thoroughly combined.
- Add dressing and sesame seeds to cooked beans and toss well.
That is one refreshing salad! Thanks for linking it to our event 🙂
Yummy and healthy salad
That is such a healthy & delicious salad.
delicious… I make a similar salad when the green beans available in Kenya are young and crunchy. Purple beans?? I have seen the yellow ones in Canada but purple, no!
I never cooked with yellow beans. Green & yellow beans look so good together and that is one inviting salad.
Looks yummy!
Looks very appetizing and delicious!
That is a refreshing salad,looks so tempting..
First time here… lovely blog u have Mireille
thank you
Healthy salad with delicious flavors, Mir.
where do u get such colorful beans I love it and I have bookmarked it too love sesame dipping in anything.
So simple. I can imagine how the sesame must compliment the freshness of the just crunchy beans. Lovely. I know what you mean about having too many food magazines. I find it very hard to recycle them.
That a simple and elegant dish Mir..so glad that you check out your collection more now..:)
Thanks for submitting your recipe to No Croutons Required. The roundup is now live. I am afraid I could only accept one entry from you as that is our rules, but nice recipe.
Looks scrummy! Thanks for linking up with Shop Local!
Wow lovely colorful dish…. sesame adding crunch to the salad, lovely