Have you ever thought of adding fresh beans to your everyday lunch salads? More than just being inexpensive, beans are also low in fat and calories and a source of high-quality protein, fiber, and complex carbohydrates.
To illustrate the subject, here is a small spring salad recipe with crisp, colorful vegetables, combining fava beans and carrots with fresh cheddar. So it’s a salad with well-balanced flavors… but still very easy to make.
It’s better to undercook the fava beans slightly, so they are barely tender inside and their skins remain intact. It is the key to obtaining a good texture for the salad. It is also a good thing to dress beans warm so they absorb the flavors around them. Note that this can apply to any kind of beans.
1. Shell fava beans from their pod. 2. Cook the egg in boiling water for 10 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, blanch fava beans for 3 minutes in boiling water. Drain and refresh under cold water, then remove the outer membrane (press with two fingers, be careful not to crush the bean). Book. 4. Drain and cool the egg and mash it coarsely with a fork. 5. Peel and grate the carrots. 6. Cut the cheese into small cubes. 7. In a bowl, combine vinegar, oil, mustard, salt, and pepper. Add the beans, carrots, cheese, and egg. 8. Mix and sprinkle with basil leaves.
Tips:
To make this dish more substantial, serve it with thick toasted bread slices.
You can keep some bean salad for the next day: you will like it a lot since the fava beans have marinated overnight.
Meanwhile, blanch fava beans for 3 minutes in boiling water. Drain and refresh under cold water, then remove the outer membrane (press with two fingers, be careful not to crush the bean). Book.
Drain and cool the egg and mash it coarsely with a fork.
Peel and grate the carrots.
Cut the cheese into small cubes.
In a bowl, combine vinegar, oil, mustard, salt, and pepper. Add the beans, carrots, cheese, and egg.
Mix and sprinkle with basil leaves.
Recipe Notes
To make this dish more substantial, serve it with thick toasted bread slices.
You can keep some bean salad for the next day: you will like it a lot since the fava beans have marinated overnight.
* The presented values are approximate and shouldn't be considered as accurate. Please calculate your OWN nutrition information in a database using the brand names you have at hand. Each brand is different and nutrition information can vary.
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