luscious lima bean salad 

luscious lima bean salad
luscious lima bean salad recipe

SERVES 8 TO 10

ingredients


  • SALAD:

2 cups lima beans
2 medium butternut squash
peeled and diced into 1/2-inch
cubes
10 cloves garlic, peeled
Olive oil for roasting and
sautéing (about
2 tablespoons total)
3 red bell peppers
2 leeks, rinsed and thinly
sliced


  • DRESSING:

1/3 cup olive oil
1/2 cup raspberry vinegar
1 tablespoon minced fresh
thyme (see Growing Green
Flavor,) or 11/2
teaspoons dried
1 tablespoon cumin
2 teaspoons celery seed
2 teaspoons salt


cooking instructions

Soft butternut squash and big tender lima beans are enough all
by themselves. Add roasted garlic and red peppers as well as
sweet sautéed leeks and raspberry vinegar, and the colors alone
will bring you happiness. This dish has all the elements of late
autumn comfort food.
Cook the lima beans in 5 cups of water (see Cooking Beans
and Legumes) and set them aside to cool. Steam the
squash in a vegetable steamer or boil it in 2 cups of water until
it’s soft (about 8 minutes), drain, and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Mix the garlic with a
tablespoon of olive oil in a small dish and bake for 15 to 20
minutes. Set it aside. Brush the peppers with olive oil and roast
them in the oven until they’re charred on the outside, about
25 to 30 minutes. You can also roast the peppers over an open
flame, but when doing so, do not brush the peppers with oil.
Hold the peppers with tongs about an inch from the open flame
and turn them so they are evenly charred, about 2 minutes per
side. Place the roasted peppers in a paper bag and let them cool.
This steams the peppers so the skins come off easily. When they
have cooled completely, peel off the skin, cut out the stem and
seeds, and chop them into half-inch squares.
Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a heavy skillet over a
medium flame and sauté the leeks until they’re soft, about 3
minutes. Combine the lima beans, squash, garlic, peppers, and
leeks in a large bowl and mix well.
For the dressing, whisk together the olive oil, vinegar,
thyme, cumin, celery seed, and salt in a small bowl. Pour the
dressing over the vegetables and mix well.

This salad is healthy and nutritious mostly in the dietGood appetite for everyone