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Grandma's salad

This salad harks back to the ones French grandmas used to make: green beans and potatoes (preferably still warm) mixed with diced cheese, parsley and chopped onion in a good vinaigrette dressing.

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Last modified on: September 29^th 2021

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 350 g green beans
2 2 potatoes
3 ½ red onion
4 ½ bunch parsley
5 25 g Comté cheese
6 3 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 803 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
24 min.	30 min.	54 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 1 min.

Prepare 350 g green beans and reserve.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Plunge 2 potatoes into the same cooking water as the beans (there are no small savings) and cook until tender.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Meanwhile, prepare ½ red onion and chop finely.

Chop ½ bunch parsley.

Put into a salad bowl.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Dice 25 g Comté cheese.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Add to the bowl.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Cut the green beans into short lengths...

Stage 7 - 1 min.

..and add to the bowl.

Stage 8 - 4 min.

Once the potatoes are cooked, peel them.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Slice and add to the bowl.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Add 3 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette), mix well and your "grandma's" salad is ready.

Remarks

It's important to try and make this a warm salad, with both the beans and potatoes still warm from cooking, served without delay.

If you don't have Comté cheese, any other hard-paste cheese you like will do fine.

Keeping

Best eaten immediately but will keep in the fridge for later.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
824 Kcal or 3,450 Kj	23 gr	92 gr	40 gr
41 %	9 %	9 %	6 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
103 Kcal or 431 Kj	3 gr	11 gr	5 gr
5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
412 Kcal or 1,725 Kj	12 gr	46 gr	20 gr
21 %	5 %	4 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 2.41 €
Per person : 1.21 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rolls of fish in smoked ham, Mexican-style pork medallions , Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, Minestrone, Pork sautéed with green beans, Asian style, ... All
	Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Escalope cordon bleu, Turmeric risotto, Salmon and spinach quiche, Comtoise endive salad, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice and fresh spinach salad, Herb salad, Bistro-style cabbage salad, Lentil and cold-meat salad, Cubed salad, ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pork Chops Champvallon style, Minestrone, Home-made potato crisps , Potato gratin, Express sauerkraut, ... All

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