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French green beans salad with sun dried tomato dressing

Fresh and colorful salad with simple sun dried tomato dressing, great for side dish, lunch or light dinner.





Ingredients:
- 1 lb french green beans
- 1 lb asparagus/ cut and trim
- 2 cans garbanzo beans / chick peas
- 3 heirloom tomato

Dressing ingredients:
- 1 lemon juice and zest
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp sun dried tomato oil
- 2 clove garlic
- 1/2 Tbsp honey
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 Tbsp sun dried tomato in oil/ chopped

Direction :
Bring water into boil, cook french green beans and asparagus in boiling water for about three minutes or  until soft ,transfer into ice water, drain and transfer into large mixing bowl,add garbanzo beans and wedge heirloom tomato,
Meanwhile, whisk all dressing ingredients until combine and pour into green beans mixture, ready to serve !



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  1. AmilaSeptember 10, 2013 at 10:28 PM

    veggies look so colourful and fresh!very inviting dish!

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  2. ElisabethSeptember 10, 2013 at 11:38 PM

    Ridwan, I sure would love to grab that beautiful, colorful, and super delicious fresh green bean salad. I love the dressing you made for it with using not just the sun dried tomatoes but some actual oil from it to jazz up the flavors!

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  3. Nava KSeptember 11, 2013 at 1:01 AM

    Awwww!!! Light crunch, wonderful vibrant colors and healthy indeed.

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  4. Kitchen SimmerSeptember 11, 2013 at 7:07 AM

    Love this fresh and healthy salad. You eat well my friend. :)

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2013 at 2:18 PM

    Such a simple an hommy stir fry recipe,
    btw, i've just fisnished my homemade sun dried tomato.
    but i'm using cherry tomato instead of heirloom(kinda pricey over here)
    just tempting to give it a try..

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