Since our move to Wisconsin, we've eaten a lot of fresh green beans. We eat them raw for snacks. I saute or blanch them as a side. We even pickled 6 pounds of green beans this weekend for future treats. I'm a bit surprised none of the boys have screamed, "Enough with the green beans, Mom!"
My favorite way to eat them, I've discovered, is in this delicious salad. If you are a vegetarian like a few of my faithful readers are, you can omit the bacon and bacon grease and saute the beans in garlic olive oil or coconut oil. The flavor of the bacon grease is really wonderful, even though it's not the healthiest thing you could eat.
Bacon and Green Bean Salad
Serves 8
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 tbs - 1/4 cup bacon grease (to taste)
2 lbs fresh green beans
1/4 cup roasted sunflower seeds or toasted almonds
Dressing:
1/2 cup mayonaise
1/4 cup kale
1/4 cup fresh parsley (or basil or cilantro)
1/4 cup green or white onion
1 clove garlic, minced
juice of 1/2 lemon
salt and pepper, to taste
Cook bacon, reserve bacon grease.
Blend all dressing ingredients in a blender until well mixed. Set aside.
Heat bacon grease and then saute half of the green beans until bright green. Remove from pan and add more bacon grease, if needed. Saute remainder of the green beans. When cooked, set aside with the other half of the green beans.
Pour sauce onto green beans and mix well to incorporate. Sprinkle bacon and sunflower seeds on the top. Serve immediately.
Blessed be.
My favorite way to eat them, I've discovered, is in this delicious salad. If you are a vegetarian like a few of my faithful readers are, you can omit the bacon and bacon grease and saute the beans in garlic olive oil or coconut oil. The flavor of the bacon grease is really wonderful, even though it's not the healthiest thing you could eat.
Bacon and Green Bean Salad
Serves 8
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 tbs - 1/4 cup bacon grease (to taste)
2 lbs fresh green beans
1/4 cup roasted sunflower seeds or toasted almonds
Dressing:
1/2 cup mayonaise
1/4 cup kale
1/4 cup fresh parsley (or basil or cilantro)
1/4 cup green or white onion
1 clove garlic, minced
juice of 1/2 lemon
salt and pepper, to taste
Cook bacon, reserve bacon grease.
Blend all dressing ingredients in a blender until well mixed. Set aside.
Heat bacon grease and then saute half of the green beans until bright green. Remove from pan and add more bacon grease, if needed. Saute remainder of the green beans. When cooked, set aside with the other half of the green beans.
Pour sauce onto green beans and mix well to incorporate. Sprinkle bacon and sunflower seeds on the top. Serve immediately.
Blessed be.
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