Comments on: arugula, potato and green bean salad

By: Gamine

Gamine — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:47:35 +0000

And another winner. That salad was so refreshing in this heat!

By: Hayley

Hayley — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:41:39 +0000

Hey
I am working on this recipe right now, and was wondering when you cut the potatoes. My instinct says before boiling them, but I guess I’ll find out soon…

By: bk11211

bk11211 — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:14:29 +0000

Great recipe! I didn’t have walnuts, so I used toast sunflower seeds, which worked great. Instead of walnut oil, I just used canola oil. I added spring onions and some chopped parsley that I got at my local farmer’s market.

By: Marc Chambaud@ kotanyicn.com

Marc Chambaud@ kotanyicn.com — Mon, 09 May 2011 10:04:40 +0000

OK this simple salad look awesome. I love the simplicity of the potatoes arugula and walnuts. I am no big fan of the green bean but this is me. Yesterday i made this salad and really without thinking much and the result ended up kinda amazing so i wanna share it with you:
base is an arugula salad with a balsamic vinaigrette.
on top you add cherry tomatoes, salmon, paris mushroom, goat cheese and this was the completely unexpected touch: zest of lemon. I cut a lot of small zest of lemon i put over the salad as a decoration without thinking much of it and it ended up exploding in my mouth coming out of nowhere.It was blending perfectly with the goat cheese and the salmon and the arugula was doing his magic on his side. I thought i would share this here.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:23:24 +0000

Yeah, so I know I’m way late in the game here, but totally addicted to your blog. My husband and I decided to eat lots of salads this week after being naughty during spring break, so I’ve been perusing your archives. Instead of arugula, I sautéed some fresh chard with olive oil and garlic. Oh my. Heavenly! And even though it tasted really rich, it wasn’t, which was fantastic. Thanks so much for the inspiration!

By: In Awe

In Awe — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:35:46 +0000

Not only does everything you have posted on this blog sound like it has an amazing combination of flavors, but somebody had to give you some credit for the outstanding photography. Everything looks absolutely gorgeous!

By: KAT

KAT — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:13:43 +0000

Wow… I just had a salad for dinner and I feel this full and satisfied? I would have never thought of adding potatoes to a salad, but they’re a great meatless way to make a salad work as an entree. Fresh and delicious, this recipe was just what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing – I’m rarely this pleased with myself after eating a home-cooked meal!

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:46:59 +0000

This has been on my to-do list forever. Twice I ordered drab green beans stuck in a plastic bag through Peapod delivery and forgot about them in favor of eggplant or zucchini or the summer’s best peaches. Then this morning at the farmer’s market I saw the prettiest, freshest white, purple and green beans bunched together. When I noticed the fingerlings nearby I knew it was time to finally make this recipe. And boy do I wish that I had sooner. I’ve already had two servings and I’m eyeing more. So delicious!

By: Amy M D

Amy M D — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:30:49 +0000

I made this tonight – my 4th smitten kitchen recipe in 3 days! My son has never liked green beans, but this looked good enough to tempt him. He ate a little, but then really filled up on the leftover tomato & corn pie from Sunday. My husband and I loved it. I thought I had walnuts – but didn’t. I didn’t miss them, but am anxious to try it again with them. I also used fat-free greek yogurt, which is all I had, so I was a little heavy-handed on the oil to make up. Worked perfectly well.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:41:15 +0000

Eating my leftovers for lunch right now and they’re still delicious! It turned out that my yogurt had gone bad, so I subbed in light mayo; and I subbed a bit of sesame oil but mostly olive oil for the walnut oil. Also used sweet potatoes instead of fingerling because they’re a favorite of mine. I would happily eat this again for dinner if there was any left!