Food Cuisine and Cooking: Healthy Green Bean And Asparagus Salad Recipes

This is a very tasty and healthy green beans and asparagus salad. This green beans and asparagus salad makes it easy to get your daily dose of green. Green beans and asparagus pair very nicely and onion added a lovely touch to the mix.

You can serve this salad as a side but I enjoyed as a main, with a poached egg. This is a perfect light lunch that came together quickly. You can prepare all the vegetables ahead and add the sauce, onion and fresh garlic when you're ready to eat. When you prepare this dish, remember that the green beans take longer to cook than the asparagus.

Yield : 6 Serves
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 8 minutes

5 tablespoons olive oil
3 teaspoons black olive pesto or tapenade
3 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
250 g (8 0z) fine green beans, trimmed
400 g (13 oz) fresh asparagus, trimmed
6 eggs
100 g (3 ½ oz) rocket leaves, rinsed
75 g ( 3 oz) pitted black olives
75 g (3 oz) parmesan cheese,, cut into shavings
Salt and pepper

Direction :
1. Put the green beans in the top of steamer, cover and cook for 3 minutes. Add asparagus and cook for 5 minutes until the vegetables are just tender
2. Meanwhile, put the eggs into a small saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Simmer until soft in the centre, for 6 minutes.

3. Mix together the oil, pesto and vinegar in a small bowl with little salt and pepper.
4. Arrange the rocket leaves in the centre of six serving plates. Drain and rinse the egg with cold water. Drain again, softly peel away the shells and halve each egg. Place two halves on each mound of rocket. Arrange the beans and asparagus around edge, the drizzle with the dressing. Add the olives and top with the parmesan shavings. Serve immediately.
5. For tender stem broccoli and olive salad, omit the beans and asparagus and steam 500 g (1 lb) tender stem broccoli for 5 minutes, cook the eggs as above, shell and qurter. Arrange the rocket on 6 plates, then scatter with the eggs and broccoli. Complete the recipe with the dressing, olives and parmesan, as above.