Easy, Light, Flavor-Rich 3 Bean Salad
8 Delicious reasons to make a Buzz Savories 3- Bean Salad
Green beans are showing-up in our local farmer’s market (I’ll bet they’re showing up in yours, too) and that makes me happy for their greenness and mild flavor and the nutrients they bring to the table.
The gentle flavor of green beans lends them to a variety of dressings and sauces. I boil them and serve with a butter and cream sauce or steam them and drizzle with Balsamic vinegar, olive oil and freshly ground pepper. I like to pickle green beans with dill and mustard seeds or boil them the Southern way, long and slow, with onion and bacon. Lastly, I love fresh green beans for my favorite recipe: Buzz Savories 3-Bean Salad.
8 Delicious Reasons to Make a Buzz Savories 3-Bean Salad
Easy
Satisfying
Light
Flavor-rich
Picnic proof
Lasts a week refrigerated
Looks beautiful on a plate
Vitamin rich
I make my recipe in its entirety and eat it straight-up in a bowl, or as a side dish for a grilled brat or hamburger. I especially like it with grilled chicken for the added color and savory flavors it brings. As with many things you’ll find on this site, Buzz Savories Honey Mustard is the ingredient that makes the meal. Make it yourself!
See the full recipe below.
The Buzz
Pass On the Ordinary, Reach for the Savory
What’s happening in the apiary in hot and sunny July? Young bees are producing wax in their bodies that the workers then chew and add to the honeycomb.
The comb is structured of two layers of six-sided cells, perfect hexagons, with no wasted space between them. Honey, plant nectar and bee bread made from pollen are stored in the cells and the worker bees fan the honey with their wings to make it thick enough to store.
Meanwhile, other bees are tightly sealing the cells already full of honey with a fresh, white beeswax covering that in my experience tastes sweet and warm and chewy like gum. To me, honeycomb, fresh and warm from the hive evokes the Arabian Nights and the luxuries enjoyed by ancient Pashas and Kings.
Easy, Light, Flavor-Rich 3 Bean Salad
What You'll Need:
- 1 ½ lbs. fresh green beans
- 1 can kidney beans
- 1 can garbanzo beans
- 1 whole green pepper, diced
- 1 cup chopped tender herbs - parsley, chives, dill, tarragon or combination available
Buzz Savories Honey Mustard Dressing
- 1 Tb. Buzz Savories Honey Mustard
- 2 Tb. Rice Vinegar
- 2-3 lemons juiced (2 large or 3 medium)
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp. freshly cracked pepper
How To Prepare:
Preparing and cooking the green beans
- Clip the stem ends of the green beans and snap in half or thirds
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add 1 Tb. salt
- Set up an ice bath by filling a medium bowl half full of ice and cold water.
- Dump the beans into the boiling water and cook for 5 minutes
- Drain beans and immediately place them in the ice bath to stop the cooking process and preserve their bright green color.
- Chill until the beans feel cold, about 6 minutes, then drain and dry the beans
Buzz Savories Honey Mustard 3-Bean Dressing
- Add oil, vinegar, lemon juice, Buzz Savories Honey Mustard, salt, and freshly cracked pepper into a jar with a tight fitting lid. Shake well until smooth and blended.
Mixing the salad
- Open the cans of red kidney beans and garbanzo beans. Drain and rinse the beans in cold water
- finely chop the tender herbs
- In a large bowl, dump the canned beans and gently mix in the fresh green beans and the finely chopped tender herbs and the diced green pepper
- Dress the salad with 4 Tb. of dressing then taste and add more to taste and taste for salt also
- Cover and chill. The Honey Mustard 3-Bean salad will keep refrigerated for 1 week or more and is picnic-proof.
