Vegetable Salad with Green Beans and Cherry Tomatoes

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   How do you make a vegetable salad with green beans? Get all the ingredients ready according to the list. For the salad, I used a green mix of various young leaves. You can use iceberg lettuce, batavia, corn salad, butterhead lettuce, or chard. For the onion, use red, shallot, or sweet white onion — these varieties have a milder taste and are ideal for light vegetable salads.

2. Step 2:

   

   Trim the ends off both sides of the beans and remove any strings along the sides. Cut each pod into pieces about 2 cm long. Rinse the beans in clean water.

3. Step 3:

   

   There are two ways to cook the pods. First: drop the beans into boiling water and cook until the pods are tender. Second: pour 2 tablespoons of neutral vegetable oil into a skillet, heat it, and sauté the beans with finely chopped garlic until tender. I prefer the second option, so I usually sauté the beans.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash the lettuce leaves, lay them on paper towels, and gently blot them on all sides to remove the excess moisture. Put them in the salad bowl.

5. Step 5:

   

   Rinse and dry the cucumber and tomatoes. Cut the vegetables into small, irregular pieces. Add them to the salad mix.

6. Step 6:

   

   Peel the carrot and remove the core and seeds from the bell pepper. For a brighter, more appetizing finished dish, use peppers of different colors if you can. Cut the bell pepper into strips and grate the carrot on a coarse grater or with a julienne (Korean-salad) grater.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add the chopped onion and the green beans to everything else.

8. Step 8:

   

   Just the finishing touches left. Finely chop the herbs and add them to the salad. Season with salt and pepper to taste. If needed, add a little olive or vegetable oil (if you sautéed the beans, you may not need oil at this stage).

9. Step 9:

   

   Toss the salad and sprinkle it with lemon or lime juice.

10. Step 10:

    

    Done! Serve it as a dish on its own or as a side to meat, potatoes, fish, and much more.