STRING BEAN SALAD

Warm foods are easier to digest because your body doesn’t need to expend Qi, or energy, to digest them. While this salad is refrigerated to allow the vegetables to marinate, the salad should be served at room temperature. String beans are used to detoxify and support the Liver, while garlic gives your Liver an added helping hand. The colorful peppers give a boost to your Heart, Stomach, and Spleen.

Warm foods are easier to digest because your body doesn’t need to expend Qi, or energy, to digest them. While this salad is refrigerated to allow the vegetables to marinate, the salad should be served at room temperature. String beans are used to detoxify and support the Liver, while garlic gives your Liver an added helping hand. The colorful peppers give a boost to your Heart, Stomach, and Spleen.

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Yields1 Serving
 10 ounces of frozen string beans
 2 cup of marinated artichoke hearts, drained
 1/8 cup of marinade from jar
 1/2 red pepper, chopped
 1/2 yellow pepper, chopped
 1 spring garlic or 3 scallions, chopped
 1 can of black olives, drained
 Zest from 2 lemons
 Juice from 2 lemons
 4-5 leaves of fresh basil, chopped
 Freshly ground salt, to taste
 Freshly ground pepper, to taste
1

Steam string beans in a large pot.

2

When cooked through yet still crisp, drain and place in a large bowl.

3

Add all remaining ingredients and mix well.

4

Refrigerate for a few hours to let the marinade soak into the vegetables.

5

This salad is best served at room temperature.

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Ingredients

 10 ounces of frozen string beans
 2 cup of marinated artichoke hearts, drained
 1/8 cup of marinade from jar
 1/2 red pepper, chopped
 1/2 yellow pepper, chopped
 1 spring garlic or 3 scallions, chopped
 1 can of black olives, drained
 Zest from 2 lemons
 Juice from 2 lemons
 4-5 leaves of fresh basil, chopped
 Freshly ground salt, to taste
 Freshly ground pepper, to taste

Directions

1

Steam string beans in a large pot.

2

When cooked through yet still crisp, drain and place in a large bowl.

3

Add all remaining ingredients and mix well.

4

Refrigerate for a few hours to let the marinade soak into the vegetables.

5

This salad is best served at room temperature.

STRING BEAN SALAD