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Vegetable: Fresh Green Bean and Tomato Salad

Source of Recipe

Food Network: Paula Deen


List of Ingredients

-1/2 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
-1/2 cup fresh or frozen green peas
-2 tomatoes, seeded and cut into quarters
-2 hard-boiled eggs, cut into quarters
-1 can water chestnuts, drained and sliced
-Several green onions, sliced
-Salt and pepper
-1/2 cup mayonnaise
-Dash lemon juice
-1 large head romaine or red leaf lettuce, washed and dried thoroughly




Recipe

-Blanch beans in a large pot of boiling, salted water until tender, about 5 minutes.
-Remove to an ice water bath to stop the cooking.
-Drain beans and set aside.
-In the same pot of boiling water, blanch peas until slightly tender, about 30 seconds to 1 minute.
-Remove peas to the ice water bath; drain and set aside.
-Place beans, peas, tomatoes, eggs, water chestnuts, and green onions in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper.
-Add mayonnaise and lemon juice and stir to combine.
-Serve over lettuce leaves.