Salad Recipe: French Bean And Fuzzy Melon

Recipe for a salad featuring French beans and fuzzy melon in a spicy yogurt dressing - a great meatless main course or side dish.

This healthy, fast and easy to make vegetable and fruit salad makes a great side dish, desert, or first course for a family dinner or dinner party. This recipe serves 4.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup cooked and cooled French beans, quartered

1 cup fuzzy melon, peeled, deseeded and diced

½ cup butter beans, drained

3 cups mixed vegetables, defrosted (peas, carrots, corn)

1 cup cooked long grain rice, cooled

3 cups yogurt

1 tbsp. garden herbs (parsley, mint, chives and rosemary) finely chopped

lettuce leaves to serve

METHOD:

Combine French beans, fuzzy melon, butter beans, peas, carrots, corn, rice, yogurt, parsley, mint, chives and rosemary. Arrange lettuce leaves on a platter.

Spoon bean mixture on top. Serve chilled as a great meatless main course, or as a side dish to barbecued chicken or steak.



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