In my opinion, one of the main reasons to grow vegetables is because you like to EAT vegetables! Garden fresh veggies are nothing like what you buy from the store.

Therefore, with a couple handfulls of beans and some cherry tomatoes I scavenged from the garden on Friday, I was ready to make something tasty for dinner.

I trimmed the beans (a nice mix of green, wax, and Romano beans) and blanched them. Then I washed the cherry tomatoes (yes, they are supposed to be yellow) and sliced them in half. I had picked a few herbs from the garden as well, although I wasn’t sure which ones I was going to use. I ended up using some fennel and basil. I chopped the herbs very fine, and tossed them in.

The dressing for the salad was a simple viniagrette of balsamic vinegar, olive oil, and a dash of sugar.

This is a delicious, cool salad to use fresh vegetables on a hot summer evening!