Grandma's salad


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 29th 2021
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Cooking: 30 min.
All in all: 55 min.
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Stage 1 - 1 min.
Grandma's salad
Prepare 700 g green beans and reserve.

Stage 2 - 30 min.
Grandma's salad
Plunge 4 potatoes into the same cooking water as the beans (there are no small savings) and cook until tender.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Grandma's salad
Meanwhile, prepare 1 red onion and chop finely.

Chop 1 bunch parsley.

Put into a salad bowl.

Stage 4 - 3 min.
Grandma's salad
Dice 50 g Comté cheese.

Stage 5 - 1 min.
Grandma's salad
Add to the bowl.

Stage 6 - 5 min.
Grandma's salad
Cut the green beans into short lengths...

Stage 7 - 1 min.
Grandma's salad
..and add to the bowl.

Stage 8 - 4 min.
Grandma's salad
Once the potatoes are cooked, peel them.

Stage 9 - 2 min.
Grandma's salad
Slice and add to the bowl.

Stage 10 - 2 min.
Grandma's salad
Add 5 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
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe50 RDI=20 %180 RDI=20 %80 RDI=10 %1,670 RDI=80 %7,000 RDI: 80 %
Per 100 g2 RDI=1 %10 RDI=1 %5 RDI=1 %110 RDI=5 %440 RDI: 5 %
Per person10 RDI=5 %50 RDI=4 %20 RDI=3 %420 RDI=20 %1,750 RDI: 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Sulfites, Mustard
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 4.80 €
  • Per person : 1.20 €

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