Simple Green Bean Salad

I made this for lunch today!

The green beans came from my dad’s garden and are seriously the best green beans I’ve ever had. I highly recommend buying them fresh and keeping them long for recipes, it makes your dishes look more elegant and finished :)

You don’t have to always be eating a salad with leafy greens to be getting in good nutrients. And you also don’t have to just eat plain steamed broccoli, or beans, or whatever, although I do like doing that too :)

Think of a vegetable you have on hand, or want to use and make it the main ingredient. Then play with your flavor enhancers and toppings to see what you can create with what you have.

Flavor enhancers I use on repeat:

• Coconut aminos

• A really good balsamic vinegar or fig balsamic that you don’t need to add oil to

• Stone ground mustard, honey mustard

• Garlic

• Shallots

• Green onions

• Vegan cheeses

When you keep your kitchen stocked with these things you always have options to make things very flavorful.

INGREDIENTS:

• Fresh green beans

• 1/3 red onion

• Vegan feta (Violife)

• Coconut aminos

• Himalayan sea salt

• Yukon gold potatoes

DIRECTIONS:

1. **To start out, you can make the green bean salad alone and serve as a beautiful side to a meal, I love this as an alternative to traditional green bean casserole

2. Wash your green beans and trim off the ends but leave them long, slice onion into thin rounds, wash potatoes

3. Heat an air fryer or oven to about 400 F

4. With a sharp knife, slice thin slices about 1/2” deep into the top of the potatoes, (however many you want to cook, I recommend making extras they are super easy to warm up!)

5. Place potatoes in air fryer

6. Heat a non-toxic pan to medium heat, add a small layer of water, then add red onions

7. Cover pan if you have one, I use this pan here nearly every single day!

8. Let onions start to soften, then add the green beans and simmer/steam for about 5 minutes

9. In a bowl place the green beans and onions, sprinkle with salt and coconut aminos, then top with vegan feta

10. Potatoes are done when they are slightly browned on top and easily poke a fork through on the bottom

11. Place potatoes on the side and serve!

NOTES:

• You can add vegan butter to the potatoes if you like, or avocado

• I like to smash the potatoes and then layer everything on top one another!

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