BEEN WEEK, DAY 2

Let’s pretend that you don’t always want beans fresh out of the pot. Come on, I said PRETEND! Making a simple dressing for the beans – basically any beans – will make them Oscar Award ready. Really – could I make this up?!

The first step is to make a fresh pot of beans as described yesterday in Beans 101. Then you are set to fancifie your beans as follows, enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 1 recipe of Beans 101
• 1 large shallot finely diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 3 T. extra virgin olive oil
• 2 T. chopped parsley
• salt & pepper
• lemon wedges

1. Place the warm beans (beans only, not broth) in a bowl. Add the shallot, garlic, olive oil, and parsley. Turn gently with a rubber spatula so as not to break the beans. Taste for seasoning and serve with lemon wedges if desired.

See that wasn’t too hard was it!?