Grains, greens and beans salad with pesto dressing

Name: Grains, greens and beans salad with pesto dressing
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 small head broccoli cut into small florets; 200g green beans cut into 2cm pieces; 250g pouch ready-cooked freekeh (or other grain); ½ red onion finely chopped; 145g tub fresh pesto; 400g tin borlotti beans rinsed and drained; 2 tbsp red wine vinegar; 2 tbsp olive oil; 50g spinach chopped

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: November 18, 2019 at 4:01 PM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 15 mins

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On the table in 15 minutes, this nutritious salad is packed with greens, wholegrains and tossed in fresh pesto

Healthy

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

1 small head broccoli

cut into small florets
200g green beans

cut into 2cm pieces
250g pouch ready-cooked freekeh (or other grain)
½ red onion

finely chopped
145g tub fresh pesto
400g tin borlotti beans

rinsed and drained
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tbsp olive oil
50g spinach

chopped

Nutrition: per serving

kcal419

low
fat23.9g
saturates3.7g
carbs31.6g
sugars5.2g
fibre12.9g
protein13g
salt0.9g

low

Method

step 1

Drop the broccoli and beans into a pan of boiling salted water. Boil for a minute then drain and rinse under cold water. Drain well.
step 2

Heat the grain pouch following pack instructions. Tip into a bowl with the onion, pesto, borlotti beans, vinegar and oil. Toss everything together then add the drained veg and spinach, and toss again.

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