Fresh Green Bean & Tomato Salad

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Servings: 4-6 servings
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 10 min
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients Add to grocery list

1/2 cup mayonnaise
dash lemon juice
1   can water chestnuts, sliced and drained
1/2 cup fresh or frozen green peas
2   hard-boiled eggs, cut into quarters
2   tomatoes, seeds removed, cut into quarterst
1/2 lb fresh green beans, ends snipped off and cooked until slightly tender
salt and pepper to taste
1   large head Romaine or Red Leaf lettuce, washed and dried thoroughly
several green onions, sliced

Directions

Blanch beans in a large pot of boiling, salted water until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove to an ice water bath to stop the cooking. Drain beans and set aside. In the same pot of boiling water, blanch peas until slightly tender, about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Remove peas to the ice water bath; drain and set aside.

Place beans, peas, tomatoes, eggs, water chestnuts, and green onions in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Add mayonnaise and lemon juice and stir to combine. Serve over lettuce leaves.

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