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Gene’s Beans: Green Bean Salad With Cherry Tomatoes and Feta
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 pounds green beans trimmed and cut into 1 to 2 inch lengths
  • 1/4 C. table salt plus 1/4 t. for salad dressing
  • 12 ounces cherry tomatoes halved
  • 1/4 C. extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 T. chopped fresh mint
  • 2 T. chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 T. lemon juice
  • 1/4 t. pepper
  • 2 ounces feta cheese crumbled or more to your taste
Instructions
  1. Boil 2 quarts of water in a large pan. Add green beans and 1/4 C. salt to the boiling water. Cook until green beans are a bright green color and are tender. This will take 5-8 minutes.
  2. When beans are tender, drain and immediately put into an ice bath until the beans are cool. When beans are cool, spin in a salad spinner until the beans are dry.
  3. Combine tomatoes, oil, mint, parsley, lemon juice, pepper and salt in a large bowl. Add the green beans and toss to combine. Let the beans sit on your counter for a while to allow them to absorb the flavors of the other ingredients.
  4. Plate on a pretty platter and sprinkle with feta.