Fava Bean Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (19 ounce) can fava beans or 2 cups young fresh fava beans, out-of-the pod and steamed
• 1 medium english cucumber, coarsely chopped
• 1 large roma tomato, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup pitted kalamata olive, chopped
• 1 medium red onion, finely chopped
• 1 head romaine lettuce, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons dried sweet basil leaves
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
• coarse-ground black pepper
• sea salt

Recipe

• 1 combine fava beans, chopped cucumber, tomato, olives, red onion, romaine, and parsley in a bowl.
• 2 for the dressing, combine olive oil, red wine vinegar, water, and the remainder of the spices in a lidded jar.
• 3 shake jar until dressing ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
• 4 pour dressing over salad and mix ingredients until well coated.
• 5 refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.
• 6 serve salad on top of extra romaine or butter lettuce leaves for an attractive presentation.
• 7 makes 4 main dish or 6 side-dish servings.
• 8 variations on a theme: if fava beans are not available or not in season, substitute 2 cups cooked cannellini ( kidney) or great northern beans in the recipe.