Roast potato and green bean salad is a simple and delicious salad. It's great served warm or cold or even as a side to go with your favourite main dish.
Got any left over roast potatoes or green beans from the Sunday roast folks?
Great! Here's a delicious roast potato and green bean salad to use up those ingredients!
What if you don’t have Sunday leftovers?
No problems! Just get a bag of new potatoes and some fresh green beans. Either way this is still a simple recipe to make.
It's just perfectly cooked roast potatoes and green beans tossed in a fresh tasting zingy garlic vinaigrette dressing.
The quick dressing being one which is made from basic store cupboard ingredients.
All in all this is a great tasting budget recipe to make!
Roast potatoes and green beans are such a great classic combination together.
Then when paired with my heathy dressing they're given a tasty makeover and reborn as a fantastic salad.
This green bean salad works really well either served warm or cold. I've even made this and taken it to work as a packed lunch before.
My packed lunch is always something that I look forward to.
Not just as something to eat but as a reminder of great, fresh tasting home cooked food that I love to make.
My lunch break always takes me away from the frequently challenging work environment!
Everyday I get up in the morning and am grateful for being able to do what I love.
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It's recipes like this roast potato and greeen bean salad that help me get through difficult days at work and of course utilising every left over.
You see no food was (or is) ever wasted in our household.
A weekly menu was (and still is) made up. The food budget is stuck to. Every spare penny saved to invest.
So you see cooking for yourself isn't just beneficial to your health.
It's also fundamental to your wellbeing and your personal financial position. It can help change what you do with your life.
Anyway, that's enough about me! Let's get on with how you can make this roast potato and green bean salad!
How to Make This Roast Potato and Green Bean Salad Recipe
- Depending on the size of your potoatoes, you may need to cut them in half or even quarter them prior to roasting. This will help to cook them faster. Check they're cooked by using a fork to ensure they're tender.
- When cooking the green beans be sure you don't over cook them or they will be soft and soggy.
- Taste test your dressing before adding the rest of the ingredients to ensure it's to your liking.
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Roast Potato and Green Bean Salad Recipe
As a side dish this roast potato salad goes particularly well at a barbecue!
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Roast Potato and Green Bean Salad Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 500 g salad / new potatoes halved
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- 180 g green beans trimmed and cut in half lengthwise
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small red onion sliced thin
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 220C Fan. Place potatoes in a roasting pan. Pour over the olive oil, season and using your hands massage in the olive oil and seasoning.
- Place in oven and roast for 20 mins until the potatoes are tender. Let them cool for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Whilst the potatoes are roasting, add enough water to a small saucepan to cover the green beans. Bring to the boil and turn down to simmer for approximately 4 to 5 minutes, until al-dente. Drain and rinse in cold water.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the garlic, vinegar and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add the onion, parsley and cooled green beans to a large bowl and gently toss together adding the dressing from the small bowl.
- Add the potatoes to the large bowl, stir them to coat them and finally before serving season with salt and pepper to taste.
David @ Spiced
Awesome! As I was reading your post, I was totally like "Wait, aren't you still an IT Project Manager?" And then I read on and discovered the good news. I'm so happy for you, Neil! I hope you are truly enjoying these days of exploring the blog world and where it can go. 🙂 Seriously. Now as far as this salad, it sounds excellent! I had something different in mind when I saw potatoes + salad, but I love this one. The green beans in there sound like a great compliment to the 'taters, and I can see this one being a hit in our house. Thanks for sharing, and congrats again, my friend!
Neil
Thanks very much David. I decided just to mention my new status in a recipe post rather than go hugely public about it! I'm glad you like this recipe too as I'm thinking you probably have green beans and potatoes in your garden that you can use? #gardenenvy again! 😉
GiGi Eats
GREEN BEANS ARE MY JAM, especially roasted!! They're like french fries when sprinkled with salt. Now the next statement is going to sound weird considering I just referenced french fries as being tasty, because I am not actually a potato fan (unless they're triple deep fried, lol... And I dont eat that). So I might swap in some sweet potatoes (because I do like those) or even parsnips? Roasted jicama?!?!?!
Neil
Oh yes I do like roasted sweet potatoes and roasted parsnips too GiGi. Both of those I think would be absolutely excellent in this salad! In fact I really like the idea of cold roasted parsnips. I'm going to investigate that right now! Thanks for the inspiration, and for the rating too. 😀
Jeff the Chef
Congratulations, Neil. People should spend their lives doing the things they love. Thanks for the interesting recipe. I've never had a salad like this one.
Neil
Many thanks Jeff! And I'm glad you like the salad too. I try and think of as many different and unique salad combinations as possible! 🙂
Ashika | Gardening Foodie
OH WOW Neil, that is amazing, it is so great working at something that you truly love. With all your great recipes, it not hard to see how you achieved this.
Like this great recipe as well...I LOVE green beans and always have them growing like crazy in my garden. This is one recipe I am going to love using it in. It really sounds delicious. Thank you once again for a wonderful recipe and congratulations, I am really happy for you 🙂
Neil
Thank you Ashika. That's really nice of you to say that! 😀
Yep, I'm definitely much happier now too. Working at what I want to be working at. This!
I'm jealous that you have lots of green beans growing in you garden. They would be perfect for this recipe! I hope to do something with our garden. Eventually!