Fresh Cranberry Bean Salad Food

CRANBERRY BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Sort and rinse cranberry beans. Place in a pot with water over medium-high heat; cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until beans are tender, about 1 hour. Make sure beans are covered with water during the entire cooking process. Drain and set aside.
• Whisk together olive oil, vinegar, parsley, dill, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Add cucumber, red onion, and tomatoes; stir to combine. Gently fold in cooked cranberry beans. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

WARM FARRO AND CRANBERRY BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a saucepan of well salted water to a boil. Add the cranberry beans, let the water come back to a boil, and cook the beans for 10 to 12 minutes. Bite a few beans to make sure they are cooked through. Scoop the beans out of the water and reserve. Add the farro to the water, let the water come back to a boil, and cook for 15 minutes. Taste the farro to make sure it is cooked through. Remove the farro from the water and reserve.
• Add the bacon to a large, wide pan, give a drizzle of olive oil, and bring to a medium heat. When the bacon has let out a lot of fat and starts to become crispy, add in the onions and season with salt and crushed red pepper. Cook the onions until they become soft and aromatic, 7 to 8 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the cooked beans and farro and stir to combine. Add the chicken stock and taste for seasoning; season with salt if needed. Cook until the chicken stock has reduced by about half, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in the radicchio and chives and cook until the radicchio is wilted, 3 to 4 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature.

FRESH GREEN BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring 4 cups water to a boil. Add beans; cook, uncovered, for 3 minutes. Drain and immediately place beans in ice water. Drain and pat dry., In a large bowl, combine the beans, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots and parsley. In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients. Pour over salad; toss to coat. Refrigerate until serving. Serve with a slotted spoon.

FRESH CRANBERRY BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Shell beans. In a large saucepan of boiling water cook beans with salt until tender and no longer mealy, 10 to 20 minutes. Drain beans and transfer to a bowl. While beans are still warm, toss with remaining ingredients and season with salt. Serve salad warm or at room temperature.

CRANBERRY-BEAN STEW WITH PARSLEY SALAD

Steps:

• Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion and carrots and saute for 10 minutes. Stir in the tomato puree and chicken broth. Add the beans and roasted garlic, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the zucchini and yellow squash, sage, salt and pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes longer.
• In a small bowl, toss together the parsley and celery leaves, remaining teaspoon of olive oil and the lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide the rice among 6 plates. Spoon the stew over the rice and garnish with the parsley salad. Serve immediately.

CORN, CRANBERRY BEAN, AND FRIED-OKRA SALAD

Steps:

• Make the vinaigrette: Whisk togethervinegar and mustard in a mediumbowl. Pour in olive oil in a slow, steadystream, whisking constantly until emulsified.Season with salt and pepper.
• Make the salad: Place beans in a mediumsaucepan; cover with water. Bringto a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer untilbeans are tender, about 15 minutes.Season water generously with salt.Using a slotted spoon, transfer beansto vinaigrette. Toss to coat. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, return water to a boil.Add corn, and cook until tender, 6 to 7minutes. Transfer to a plate, and letstand until cool enough to handle.Using a serrated knife, remove kernels.Transfer to beans, and toss.
• Heat 1/2 inch vegetable oil in a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat. Whisk together cornmeal and flour in a medium bowl. Rinse okra in a colander under running water to dampen. Working in batches, toss okra in cornmeal mixture to coat, andadd to skillet. (Check to make sure oil is hot enough by tossing a pinch of cornmeal into the pan. If the cornmeal sizzles, the oil is ready.) Fry okrauntil golden, about 2 1/2 minutes per side (reduce heat if okra darkens too quickly). Using a slotted spoon, transfer okra to a paper-towel-lined plate.Season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange lamb's quarter, spinach, andbasil on a platter. Spoon corn and cranberrybeans on top. Add fried okra.

FRESH CRANBERRY BEANS WITH TOMATOES, ONIONS AND CINNAMON

Steps:

• Cook the beans in a large saucepan of boiling water until tender, 30 to 40 minutes; drain.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add the onions and cook over low heat until softened, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes and simmer over moderate heat until the juices have evaporated, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic, lemon juice, sugar, crushed red pepper and cinnamon and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Add the beans and water to the skillet and bring to a boil. Simmer over moderate heat until the liquid has reduced to a glaze, about 20 minutes. Season with salt and transfer to a bowl. Serve warm or at room temperature, sprinkled with the parsley.

CRANBERRY AND ROASTED BEET SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Scrub beets and trim tops to 1 in. Wrap in foil; place on a baking sheet. Bake until tender, 45-50 minutes. Remove foil; cool completely. Peel beets and cut into 1/2-in. cubes; transfer to a large bowl. Add pear and cranberries., In a small bowl, whisk oil, vinegar, cranberry and orange juices, and salt; drizzle over beet mixture. Refrigerate, covered, overnight. Remove from refrigerator 20 minutes before serving. Toss to coat. Top with goat cheese, almonds and parsley. If desired, serve with arugula.

FRESH CRANBERRY PECAN SALAD

Steps:

• Wash cranberries, discard mushy ones.
• Pulse in food processor until just slightly chopped (you could hand chop).
• Cut oranges into pieces about the size of the tidbits.
• Mix cranberries, sugar, raisins, pecans, pineapple tidbits with juice and orange pieces all together.
• Allow to marinate in the refrigerator overnight.