Warm green bean and broccoli pesto salad
Healthy, delicious, and easy to prepare, this green bean broccoli pesto salad is the perfect meal to add to your diet. Try it now!
Ingredients
- 1 broccoli chopped into florets
- 300 g green beans chopped
- 200 g cherry tomatoes halved
Pesto
- 4 tbsp pine nuts
- 1 cup basil
- 1 cup kale
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 lemon (juice)
- salt to taste
Instructions
- To make pesto, add all the ingredients to a food processor and blend them well.
- Meanwhile, in a pot of boiling water, add broccoli and green beans and cook for approximately 5 minutes until they become bright green and tender. Once done, remove the veggies from the pot and put them aside.
- Next, lightly fry the cherry tomatoes and then add the cooked veggies and pesto to the same frying pan. Mix all the ingredients properly.
- This salad is an excellent side dish. You can also use it as a pasta sauce. Either way, it is amazing!
Nutrition
Calories: 447kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 17gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gSodium: 140mgPotassium: 1786mgFiber: 15gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 7404IUVitamin C: 350mgCalcium: 325mgIron: 7mg