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Recipe:zucchini salad with giant beans and pesto dressing

Recipe:zucchini salad with giant beans and pesto dressing

This zucchini salad with giant beans and pesto dressing contains healthy fats and is delicious for lunch or dinner. The homemade pesto dressing completes the salad. In addition to being a seasoning, this source of healthy fats is also good for the heart!

Ingredients

For 4 people

  • 2 red onions
  • 2 courgettes
  • 500 g giant beans
  • 200 g spelled     
  • 40 g arugula
  • 30 g fresh basil
  • 30 g Parmesan cheese
  • 100 ml apple cider vinegar
  • 150 ml boiled water
  • 1 lemon, juice and zest
  • 4 tbsp Becel Oil Blend with olive oil
  • 2 tbsp Becel Original for cooking and baking
  • salt and pepper

Read also: 'Annemiek's recipe:zucchini moutabal'

Preparation method

  1. Preserve the red onion by cutting it into rings and then placing it in a bowl with the apple cider vinegar and boiling water. Leave on the counter for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Put the basil together with the Parmesan cheese and lemon juice and zest in a food processor and slowly pour in the Becel Oil Blend with olive oil until you have a smooth pesto sauce. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
  3. Cook the spelled according to the instructions on the package.
  4. Remove the ends of the courgettes and cut the courgettes horizontally into slices about 5 mm thick. Heat Becel Original for cooking and baking in a frying pan and stir-fry the zucchini for 4 minutes until it is al dente.
  5. Rinse the giant beans and put them in a bowl with the stir-fried zucchini, spelled and arugula. Toss everything together well, garnish with the pickled red onion and serve with the pesto sauce.

Recipe and image:Becel