Tahini-Dressed Zucchini and Green Bean Salad

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By Joe Yonan

This crockery is each astir the dressing: thick, creamy (yet vegan) and brightened by the inclusion of citrus and orangish juices. The dressing is peculiarly bully connected char-grilled (or pan-fried) summertime vegetables, but you could usage it connected a crockery that included lentils, chickpeas oregon different legumes; farro, barley oregon different grains; oregon different season's vegetables, specified arsenic asparagus, saccharine potatoes and hearty greens. Its consistency means it could besides beryllium a dip for crudites.

Ingredients

For the dressing

1/2 clove garlic, crushed with a small coarse oversea salt
2 tablespoons tahini (stir the jar good first)
Finely grated zest and foodstuff of 1/2 lemon
Juice of 1/2 orange
1/2 spoon honey
Sea salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil

For the salad

2 tablespoons olive oil
3 mean zucchini (about 14 ounces total), sliced into 1/8-inch rounds
Sea salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 caller tiny reddish chile pepper, seeded and finely chopped
About 4 ounces greenish beans, trimmed
4 bully handfuls of crockery greens
12 to 18 oven-dried tomatoes (optional)
1 fistful mint, finely shredded (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
210
Fat
17 g
Saturated Fat
3 g
Carbohydrates
12 g
Sodium
160 mg
Protein
4 g
Fiber
3 g
Sugar
5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "River Cottage Veg: 200 Inspired Vegetable Recipes," by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Ten Speed Press, 2013).

Tested by Joe Yonan.

Published June 4, 2013

Updated March 14, 2026