This colorful and delicious green beans and cherry tomatoes salad was inspired by Food Network’s Giada De Laurentiis green beans salad recipe. While she also had wax beans (yellow) for an added color, I only used green beans and cherry tomatoes to keep it simple for the kids. The dressing is not hard to make either.
INGREDIENTS:
a bundle of green beans
a pack of red cherry tomatoes
water for boiling
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
sprinkle of red pepper flakes
1 tsp of honey
a drizzle of sesame oil just for taste
sprinkle of dried oregano
sprinkle of dried basil
Boil the water. Add …read more

..then here’s a Filipino recipe worth your time and effort. Just like the steak recipe I shared you, I hope you enjoy the extraordinary taste of this simple dish my friend, Pinky, featured in her blog:
Ginataang Kalabasa at Sitaw (Squash and Green Beans in Coconut Milk):

Since the usual kalabasa (native green pumpkin) and sitaw (string beans) which are so plentiful in Manila are quite hard to find here, I had to substitute them with butternut squash and canned green beans. I was quite happy with the result nonetheless since the natural sweetness of the squash tasted so well with …read more

Another dish that comes from the excellent book by , Cradle of Flavor. It is very similar to Filipino ginisa, so people familiar with that dish will definitely like this. The main difference is that this uses coconut milk. I made a few substitutions based on what I had here, but the results were satisfying nonetheless. We served it with some grilled fish, and since the green bean dish is delicious warm, we set it on the table early, and the kids feasted on it, like an appetizer, as we waited for the fish to cook. …read more