Green bean salad with egg
green bean salad with egg and pinenuts
Can someone tell me what is happening with the weather?? It went from being nice and warm and sunny to cold and rainy again in a heartbeat… Boehoe… Ok, I do have to explain something here; as some of you may know; I am Dutch. And the Dutch are famous for a couple of things;
1. They want everything to be cheap and will chase bargains across the world (now that is not true for ALL Dutch. I am merely stating our reputation here…:) I tend to have a very expensive taste and a so-called ‘hole in my hand’, which means I am fabulous in spending money..lol. Very un-Dutch)
2. We like cheese and are called cheeseheads regularly (again not true for all, since my sweetheart hates cheese :-0 )
3. We always complain about the weather… if it is warm; we complain that it is warm, if it is cold we complain that it is cold and o, a 1000 variations in between… And it is true. Meet a Dutchman in any country and one of the first things they will start talking about is the weather.
Try it out and let me know what happened! 
I guess my opening-line proofs that I am Dutch after all! (I do have some very un-Dutch characteristics with which I will not bore you at this time…)
Anyway…. due to this ‘lovely’ weather today I figured I needed something a little warmer then a regular salad for lunch. Also because I went to spinningclass again this morning and I skipped breakfast. Which I know is not good, but believe it or not; I simply forgot. I am normally a very faithful breakfast person, so that was just a one-off… I had seen a recipe somewhere involving green beans and I have based my recipe loosely on that. The good thing is that I also got to use my homemade mayonnaise again, as well some of the feta I still have leftover (almost gone now!) and here is what I put together. You can eat it cold or warm, whatever you like as it is tasty regardless of the temperature
Green bean salad
GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH EGG AND PINENUTS
Yield: 1
Ingredients:
175 GR of green beans
1 - 2 eggs
50 gr feta
some toasted pinenuts
fresh parsley
dried Italian herbs
mayonnaise
Directions:
Cook the beans for about 10 minutes untill they are soft enough but still have a nice bite. Cook the eggs untill they are hard or whatever you like best. Toast the pinenuts in a dry frying pan. Mix the mayonaise with finely chopped parsley and some dried Italian herbs (ofcourse you can use fresh if you have it around)
Once the beans are cooked, rinse them under cold water and mix with the mayonaise and one of the (chopped) eggs. You can add some feta to this if you like. Put the beans in a bowl and sprinkle with toasted pinenuts. Slice the other egg and put on top as decoration. It tastes real good with a piece of toasted bread.
Enjoy!
Appetizer
Asian
Bread
Breakfast
Desserts & other sweets
Healthy
Your observations on Dutch culture are interesting Simone! The salad looks filling and perfect for the mixed weather you’re experiencing.
[Reply]
I was nodding my head to your Dutch culture Simone. Us Brits are always talking about the weather too not to mention liking a bargain
The salad looks lovely and fresh and just looks at the beautiful colours of it and also the beautiful yellow of the egg yolk.
[Reply]
hey i agree with you, here in Hong Kong its now about 22 degrees and i am already complaining again…….too hot for me……soon it will be 33 degrees day and night again and i will be oh puhlease!. the only thing i dont complain about is cold and wet weather, i just love that.
I also got a hole in my hands (both of them) but am happy to go dutch at meetings…..so a bit different
Really like your picture here, nice light and focus and styling Simone!
[Reply]
I would enjoy this for lunch. We have great weather these days.
[Reply]
What a great combination! Love how yellow the yolks look.
The weather here changed too: from 60ies to 40ies
[Reply]
MMMMM…a simple yet refreshing & healthy salad!! really spring like!!
[Reply]
The same thing happened with our weather, but it’s back to being hot today. Your salad looks fantastic! The eggs look delicious on top.
[Reply]
Thank you for coming by my blog. Beautiful salad. And so healthy. That inspires me. I have not been too great lately.
Those baby lambs are too too adorable!
[Reply]
This looks so delicious and I will be needing a use for all my hard boiled eggs. I can’t wait to make it.
[Reply]
I can start listing our SA habits for you and you will find quite a few that will be similar!!!!! Especially about the weather!!! The salad looks fantastic as always!!!!
[Reply]
I love your observations on the Dutch. So funny! I think that I might have a “hole in my hand” too. The next time I do something “spendy,” I’m going to think of that phrase.
This salad looks beautiful, and I love all of the protein lurking amidst the brightly colored beans. Yum. Good for you for going to spinning again. I’ll bet it is quite a workout! I’ve heard good things about spinning, but I haven’t tried it. I’ve been too busy with my recent kickboxing obsession to try anything new. This salad would be the perfect post-workout fuel! I’m positive it tasted amazing too. Homemade mayo? YUM!
[Reply]
That sandwich looks good!
[Reply]
Thanks everyone for the lovely comments! So funny to hear that we Dutch are not the only one with weird habits…:)
Nicole, I am almost sure you would love spinning too! It’s quite a vigorous exercise and in the beginning it can be really really hard, but I love doing it. Very addictive!
[Reply]
About how much mayo did you use?
[Reply]
Simone (junglefrog) — April 12th, 2009 at 10:33
He Rachelle! I am not sure how much mayo I used as I just followed the taste. I think it must have been one or two tablespoons and then mixed with the other ingredients.
[Reply]