Succotash Salad With Creamy Basil Dressing Food

SUFFERIN' SUCCOTASH SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk barbeque sauce, rice vinegar, and oil in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in corn kernels, red bell pepper, green onions, and white beans to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

SUCCOTASH SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Add the green beans and lima beans and cook until the green beans are bright green and the lima beans have softened slightly, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold running water to cool. Cut the green beans into 1-inch pieces.
• In a large bowl, combine the green beans, lima beans, corn, avocado, tomatoes, onion, jalapeno and basil. In a separate bowl, whisk the olive oil, vinegar, honey, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Add the vinaigrette to the salad and toss to coat.

SUMMER SUCCOTASH SALAD

Steps:

• Place beans in a medium saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until tender, about 30 minutes for fresh beans, about 25 minutes for frozen. Drain well. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add corn, onion, squash and zucchini and cook, stirring, until crisp-tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 45 seconds to 1 minute. Add the cooked vegetables to the bowl of beans. Transfer to the refrigerator to cool for at least 1 hour.
• When the beans and vegetables are cool, stir in tomatoes, celery and basil.
• Whisk vinegar and mustard in a bowl. Add the remaining 3 tablespoons oil in a slow, steady stream, whisking constantly, until the dressing is creamy and well combined. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle the dressing over the succotash and toss to coat.

SUCCOTASH SALAD WITH CREAMY BASIL DRESSING

Steps:

• Bring large saucepan of salted water to boil. Add lima beans and cook 2 minutes. Add green beans and cook until all beans are just tender, about 4 minutes longer. Drain. Rinse beans under cold water; drain well. Transfer to large bowl. Add kidney beans, corn, and onion.
• Puree 3/4 cup basil, yogurt, mayonnaise, and vinegar in blender. Add dressing to bean mixture; toss to blend well. Season salad with salt and pepper.
• Spoon salad onto platter. Surround with tomato slices. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup basil over salad and serve.

CREAMY BASIL SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth.
• Gourmet Magazine's notes:
• • Use dressing on mixed greens or sliced tomatoes or for chicken salad.
• • Dressing keeps, covered and chilled, 1 day.

SUCCOTASH SALAD W CREAMY DIJON/BUTTERMILK DRESSING

Steps:

• 1. Whisk first 6 ingredients in a medium bowl to blend. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 2. Cook lima beans in a large pot of boiling salted water until heated through. Drain and cool beans.
• 3. Transfer beans to a bowl with chopped red bell peppers. Mix in corn and green onions. Toss salad with enough dressing to coat. Season again with salt and pepper if needed.