• Green Salad with Shallot Vinaigrette

Skill Level: Easy | Yield: 4 servings | Time: 5 minutes (active)

Ingredients for the vinaigrette

• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 tsp Celtic Sea Salt
• pinch cayenne for the salad
• 1/2 pound green beans, trimmed
• 6 cups loosely packed salad greens
• 1 small red onion, sliced thin
• 1 small cucumber, peeled if skin is bitter, seeded and diced

Directions:

1. Prepare the vinaigrette by combining garlic, basil and cider vinegar in a blender.   Slowly pour in the olive oil until well-blended and place in a mason jar or salad dressing cruet until ready to serve.
2. Steam green beans over rapidly boiling green water until crisp-tender. Plunge them immediately into ice water, then pat dry.
3. Plate the the salad greens, green beans, onion and cucumber. Dress with vinaigrette at the table.