Green Bean Avocado Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing
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Green Bean Avocado Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing
Description
The Green Bean Avocado Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing highlights crisp green beans steamed until tender, which provide a satisfying bite alongside fresh chunks of avocado, tomato wedges, diced red bell pepper, and finely chopped red onion. The defining feature is its creamy dressing, which blends ripe avocado with olive oil, sour cream or yogurt, lemon juice, minced garlic, and seasoning, achieving a smooth and rich texture. Water is added to thin the dressing to a pourable state, preventing it from being overly thick when tossed with the salad ingredients.
The salad is tossed lightly with half the dressing so the vegetables remain distinct and fresh, but extra dressing is served on the side to allow adding more as preferred. This makes the salad visually appealing and retains texture contrasts. It can be served chilled or at room temperature as a side dish or a light meal, especially good with crusty artisan bread, cheese muffins, or quick savory breads to complement its creamy and fresh flavors.
A practical note from the recipe is that including sour cream or yogurt adds fresh creaminess to the dressing, although it's optional. Using a garlic crusher helps release juicy garlic flavor ideal for dressings. The salad keeps well refrigerated for up to three days, with the dressing maintaining its color and freshness thanks to the avocado and lemon juice. Omitting fresh garlic can extend the dressing's refrigerated life to about five days if substituting dried garlic powder.
Ingredients
Green Bean Salad
- 500g / 1 lb green beans , ends trimmed, cut into 5cm / 2" pieces
- 3 tomato cut into thin wedges
- 1 avocado diced into 1.5cm / 2/3" pieces, large or 2 medium
- 1/2 red bell pepper diced, or capsicum
- 1/2 red onion , finely diced
Creamy Avocado Dressing:
- 1/2 cup avocado smush into cup to measure, or estimate - 1/2 medium avo, ripe
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tbsp sour cream Greek or plain, unsweetened) - OPTIONAL (Note 1, or yogurt
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 garlic minced using garlic crusher (Note 2, clove, small
- 4 tbsp water (to thin out, it's very rich!)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Instructions
Dressing:
- Place all ingredients into a Nutribullet or small food processor and blitz until smooth (including any Extra Flavouring Options suggested in the standalone Creamy Avocado Dressing recipe).
- Use water to thin to just pourable consistency (so it's not super gloopy and thick). Taste and add the following to taste: salt, pepper, lemon, oil.
Salad:
- Steam green beans using method of choice until soft (I microwave, 5 minutes on high). Drain then leave to cool and dry.
- Place remaining salad ingredients in a large bowl with the beans. Drizzle with half the Dressing. Toss. Serve with remaining Dressing on the side.
- Presention note: It looks a bit of a mess once tossed. If you're serving to impress, just drizzle the Avocado Dressing over and take to the table like that (see in post, it's much prettier!).
Notes
- Sour cream or yogurt enhances the dressing's creaminess but can be omitted if desired.
- Use a garlic crusher to achieve juicy garlic pieces that blend smoothly into the dressing.
- Serve the salad as a side dish or light meal alongside crusty breads or savory muffins for a balanced meal.
- The salad can be stored in the fridge for up to three days; the avocado dressing remains fresh and resists browning due to lemon juice.
- Replacing fresh garlic with dried garlic powder extends the dressing's refrigerated shelf life to about five days.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 6- 8
Amount Per Serving
Calories 144 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 144cal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 11g | 4% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 2mg | 1% |
| Sodium | 159mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 441mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 1128IU | 23% |
| Vitamin C | 29mg | 32% |
| Calcium | 37mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
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