Green And White Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Cover bacon with paper towel and microwave 2-3 minutes to crisp; cool.
• Rinse broccoli and cauliflower; drain well.
• Break or chop florets into bite sized pieces.
• Place florets in bowl (4 qt or larger).
• Add celery and onion to the other vegetables.
• In bowl (3 cups or larger) mix sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic powder, and salt.
• Pour dressing over vegetables.
• Crumble bacon over the top.
• Toss to mix well.
• Serve at once, or refrigerate up to 24 hours before serving.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the cauliflower, broccoli, peas, onion and bacon. In a small bowl, combine the dressing ingredients. Pour over vegetable mixture and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

Steps:

• Drain, rinse and drain white beans. Place in medium heavy saucepan and add onion halves (with cloves), bay leaf, and enough water to cover by an inch. Bring to the boil, reduce to barely a simmer, cover and cook 20 minutes. Add salt and pepper, and a little more water if none is visible when you tilt the pan, and cook another 2030 minutes until beans are creamy inside but still intact. Drain and remove onions and bay leaf. Let cool.
• Place white beans in a large bowl with olive, peppers, cucumbers, scallions and tomatoes. Make vinaigrette by placing vinegar in a small bowl and slowly drizzling in olive oil while whisking to form an emulsion. Pour vinaigrette over beans and vegetables, add parsley, and stir well. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• Place beans, celery, red pepper, vinegar, and oil in a medium bowl. Toss until well combined. Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper. Add basil and serve immediately.
• Morph: For a super quick white bean dip: puree the salad in a food processor or blender, add 1 or 2 dashes of hot sauce and serve on crackers or grilled bread.

Steps:

• In a medium pot of boiling salted water, cook green beans until bright green and crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Drain, rinse under cool water to stop the cooking, and pat dry.
• In a large bowl, whisk together vinegar and oil and season to taste with salt and pepper. Add green beans, cannellini beans, onion, tuna, and pepperoncini and stir to combine. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Whisk the vinaigrette ingredients together and set aside.
• Three methods for preparing the asparagus-#1 (pan)grill.
• #2 Oven roast the asparagus for about 6-8 minutes at 400 degrees.
• Or, #3 in a pot of boiling salted water blanch the asparagus for 3-5 minutes until just tender. Immediately transfer to a cold water bath to stop the asparagus from cooking any further.
• Arrange the frisèe on a platter.
• Place the aspragus spears on top. Drizzle vinaigrette over the vegetables.
• If desired, garnish with Parmesan shavings.
• Servings are estimated.