Green Bean Blue Cheese Salad with Tomatoes

Crisp-tender fresh green beans, sweet cherry tomatoes, spicy shallots and sharp blue cheese combine to make every mouthful of this Keto-friendly salad an adventure! 

❤️ Why you'll love this green bean salad

It's crisp and crunchy, it's full of sweet almost pickled shallots, and blue cheese! Tossed with a simple balsamic dressing, it has all the flavour of pickled beans, but in a salad that's bursting with colour and flavour.

🛒 Ingredients

• fresh green beans, trimmed
• cherry tomatoes halved
• a shallot, thinly sliced
• red or white wine vinegar
• blue cheese crumbled
• balsamic vinegar
• extra virgin olive oil

🔪 Instructions

• Choose the freshest beans. Start by picking out the freshest green beans you can find. They should snap when you break them in half. If they simply bend, avoid them.
• Trim the stem end. You can leave the tip on if you like. I do because I like the way it looks but I know some people prefer to remove it.
• Blanch the beans. See below for easy instructions for how to blanch green beans.
• Add shallots. I love marinated shallots in this Fennel-Celery Salad with Figs and Blue Cheese so I use them in this recipe too. They add a punch of flavor to this salad.
• Toss the salad with dressing. Just before serving, toss the salad with a simple balsamic dressing. If you dress it too far in advance, you'll lose that lovely bright green color of the beans.

How to blanch green beans for a salad

1. Put the trimmed green beans in a pot of boiling water and cook just until they turn bright green and are crisp-tender, no more than 5 minutes.
2. Have a large bowl of ice water ready. Use a slotted spoon to remove the beans from the boiling water and immediately plunge them into the ice bath to stop the cooking process.
3. Let them chill, then drain and pat dry before combining them with the other salad ingredients.

When you find fresh green beans at your local market, pick up a hefty amount to make this Green Bean Blue Cheese Salad. And if you have extra beans, try these low-carb green bean recipes too!

• Pickle them for snacks.
• Vegetarian Green Bean Bundles with Garlic Butter
• Sesame Ginger Green Beans
• Sautéed Garlic Green Beans with Parmesan

🗒 More salad recipes

📖 Recipe

Green Bean Blue Cheese Salad with Tomatoes

This salad is crisp and crunchy, it's full of sweet almost pickled shallots, and BLUE CHEESE! Tossed with a simple balsamic dressing, it has all the flavour of pickled beans, but in a salad that's bursting with colour and flavour. Keto-friendly.

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Course: Salads and Dressings

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 4

Calories: 148kcal

Author: Elaine

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 lb fresh green beans, trimmed
• ▢ 2 cups cherry tomatoes halved
• ▢ 1 small shallot thinly sliced
• ▢ 2 tablespoon red or white wine vinegar
• ▢ ¼ cup blue cheese crumbled
• ▢ 2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• ▢ 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• ▢ sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Instructions

• Thinly slice shallot, place in a small bowl and add 2 tablespoon red or white vinegar. Set aside to marinate while you prepare the remaining ingredients.
• Blanch beans by adding them to a large pot of boiling water until bright green and crisp tender, no more than 5 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and immediately plunge into a large bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process. When chilled, drain and pat dry.
  
• Meanwhile, whisk balsamic vinegar, olive oil, sea salt and pepper together.
• Assemble the chilled beans, cherry tomatoes, drained shallots and blue cheese crumbles on a serving platter or bowl. Drizzle or toss with the balsamic dressing and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 148kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 135mg | Potassium: 432mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1210IU | Vitamin C: 30.9mg | Calcium: 95mg | Iron: 1.7mg

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