Green and Yellow Bean Salad with Chunky Tomato Dressing and Feta Cheese

Yellow wax beans in the salad complement a traditional green bean salad nicely. If wax beans are unavailable, use extra green beans in their place.

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

• 3/4  pound  wax beans, trimmed
• 3/4  pound  green beans, trimmed
• 2  cups  chopped tomato
• 1  tablespoon  sherry vinegar
• 2  teaspoons  extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2  cup  thinly sliced fresh basil
• 1/2  cup  (2 ounces) crumbled feta cheese

Preparation

Cook beans in boiling water 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and rinse with cold water.

Combine the tomato and next 4 ingredients (tomato through pepper) in a bowl. Divide the beans evenly among 8 plates. Spoon 1/4 cup tomato mixture over the beans. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sliced basil and 1 tablespoon cheese.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

67 (39% from fat)

Fat:

2.9g (sat 1.3g,mono 1.2g,poly 0.3g)

Protein:

3g

Carbohydrate:

8.7g

Fiber:

2.3g

Cholesterol:

6mg

Iron:

1.1mg

Sodium:

246mg

Calcium:

73mg