{"id":9633,"date":"2012-09-04T07:24:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T14:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=9633"},"modified":"2018-06-20T15:00:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T22:00:49","slug":"summer-wind-down-w-a-green-bean-cherry-tomato-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/summer-wind-down-w-a-green-bean-cherry-tomato-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Wind Down w\/ a Green Bean & Cherry Tomato Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some long weekends I go into overdrive on cooking projects, but over this past Labor Day weekend, I felt compelled to do almost nothing. I hit the farmers market Saturday morning after having missed the two previous weeks and bought a ridiculous amount of Roma tomatoes and nectarines to stave off that nagging (read: desperate) feeling that summer is slipping away. But I didn\u2019t have anything really in mind for them.<\/p>\n

OJ is embarking on a new diet and exercise regimen, which puts some real food limitations on half our household, so a nectarine buckle was out of the question and I didn\u2019t feel motivated enough to make tomato paste. So despite our larder being more than full, this weekend was about simplicity. It was also about baseball games, braving the crowds at Pike Place and stocking up on this and that at Cost Plus, but mostly, it was about simplicity.
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This weekend was about cooking other people\u2019s food instead of invention.<\/p>\n

Friday and Saturday night was tacos made with Alton Brown\u2019s Taco Potion #19<\/a>, and this roasted poblano and tomato salsa<\/a> from the kitchn. Sunday was lamb and beef burgers with tzatziki<\/a> and Greek salad.<\/p>\n

With no big plans for a Labor Day barbecue, Monday we marinated some chicken \u2013 garlicky citrus and some for the go-to tikka<\/a> \u2013 and made a simple green bean and cherry tomato salad. This was the last week for the farm in Puyallup with the delicious haricot verts, so it seemed even more apropos.<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the summer I spent a weekend in Victoria, BC, where the photo on the left was taken. Do these two things remind you of each other, or is it just me?<\/p>\n

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Like I said, the theme of this weekend was simplicity and this salad is most definitely that. All you really have to “make” is the dressing, which is just seasoned rice wine vinegar (seasoned is key!), olive oil, salt and pepper. It stops short of being an Asian dressing — no ginger, no sesame oil, but you can kick it with a little jalapeno if you like. It’s a pantry dressing that requires no forethought and goes well on most salads. Where others might default to a champagne vinegar or apple cider vinaigrette in a pinch, rice wine vinegar is our go-to. Enjoy.<\/p>\n\t\r\n\t

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