Kiliminjaro snow bean salad - Tanzania's best white bean

Kiliminjaro snow bean salad

May Africa's greatest peak be snowy for year to come.

A crisp invigorating salad.

 

Beans (makes 8 servings)


Rinse & clean 1½ cups white beans in pot.
Soak overnight in the following brine:
  • 1 onion & 3 stalks celery thinly sliced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tsp. each dried mint & dried dill
  • Add water so height of beans is ½ of total water level.

Cook in brine 1-2 hours until beans are
desired firmness. Drain & cool.


Dressing

2 tbsp. each of cider vinegar & lemon juice
1 tsp. salt
3 tbsp. olive oil
Whisk vinegar, lemon juice, & salt.
Add olive oil 1 tbsp. at a time until dressing
emulsifies & becomes creamy.

Mix dressing & beans. Chill.
Serve on a platter of fresh greens & blanched broccoli florets.

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Beans give you the power to cool our world three ways:

  1. Eating plant-based protein reduces livestock impacts & GHG emissions.
  2. Beans regenerate soil quality & overall farm productivity.
  3. With better farming, less land needed for agriculture. More trees grow in forests!