Green Bean Salad Recipes

Green Bean and Olive Salad

You only really need four ingredients for this one and it's super easy :-) It makes a huge amount of salad for less than $5.00! Walgreens has a sale once a month for the olives (89 cents per jar with in store coupon, limit three so I stock up) and markets always have sales on canned green beans for less than a dollar. Lettuce and onion combined are currently under three dollars.

Did I mention you don't really need a salad dressing for this one? Plenty of flavorings are built in but you could add a tad of extra virgin olive oil to coat lettuce and onion if desired ;-)

Ingredients:

• 1 (15 oz.) can green beans, drained
• 1 (7 oz.) jar pimento stuffed green olives, with liquid
• 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 head iceberg lettuce, torn
• Extra virgin olive oil to coat if desired

Directions:

Place the green beans, olives and olive juice in a medium bowl. Pour in the olives and liquid. Cover and marinate at least 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Toss lettuce and onions together in a large bowl. Toss with olive oil if desired. Top with marinated beans and olives, toss and serve.

By Deeli from Richland, WA

Green Bean and Pea Salad

Love the green beans in this.

Ingredients:

• 1 can French cut green beans
• 1 can baby peas
• 4 stalks celery, diced
• 1 green pepper, sliced
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vinegar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 tsp. paprika

Directions:

Toss first 5 ingredients together. Sprinkle with salt and let stand 2 hours. Drain well. Shake well or blend dressing ingredients. Pour over vegetables, and refrigerate 24 hours. Add pimento for color before serving, if desired.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Green Bean And Onion Salad

Ingredients:

• 2 cups fresh green beans
• 1/4 cup onions, sliced
• salt
• pepper
• dash Italian seasoning
• 2 Tbsp. salad oil
• 3/4 Tbsp. wine vinegar

Directions:

Cook green beans until done, but still firm. Drain. Add onions, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, oil, and vinegar. Toss. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Gilded Green Beans

Ingredients

• 2 lb. cooked whole green beans
• 6 Tbsp. vinegar
• 3/4 cup salad or olive oil
• 2 medium onions, minced
• salt and pepper
• 8 slices crisp bacon, crumbled

Dressing:

• 8 hard boiled eggs, chopped
• 6 Tbsp. mayonnaise
• 4 tsp. vinegar
• 2 tsp. prepared mustard
• salt

Directions

Prepare marinade by combining vinegar, oil, onions, salt and pepper. Chill beans in marinade several hours. Remove beans from marinade and add crumbled bacon to them. Heap in salad bowl. Top with dressing.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Holly's Green Bean Salad

I made a very interesting, spicy green bean salad (like potato salad) with little bits of veggies from the fridge that was so tasty, it became a family favorite. It wasn't measured out , just a little bit of this and a dab of that.

Ingredients

• Lightly cooked green beans, ends trimmed and cut in 2 inch pieces
• Diced radish (daikon 1 inch)
• A little diced onion (1/4 cup)
• A little diced jalapeno (seeded - 1 small)
• Sour cream 1 Tbsp.
• Mayo, 2 Tbsp.
• vinegar 1 plop

Directions

Mix all together and refrigerate. For the mayo and sour cream, use very little as it doesn't sink in!

By Holly from Richardson, TX

Green Bean Salad

Ingredients:

• 2 pkg. frozen green beans
• 1 red onion
• 2 Tbsp. oil
• 1 Tbsp. vinegar

Directions:

Cook beans as directed, drain and chill. Slice onions and break into rings, season and toss with oil and vinegar.

By Robin from Washington, IA