Green Beans With Tomato Feta Recipes

GREEK GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH FETA AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil and cook beans until they are soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain well. Combine green beans and tomatoes in a large bowl
• Stir together olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Add shallot, parsley, and garlic. Pour dressing over beans and tomatoes and mix. Mix in crumbled feta cheese. Allow to sit for 20 minutes before serving.

GREEN BEANS WITH TOMATOES AND FETA

Steps:

• Cook beans as directed on boxes, reserving almonds; drain.
• Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently, until onion is crisp-tender.
• Stir in tomatoes, oregano and pepper flakes. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened and most of liquid has evaporated.
• Spoon drained beans onto serving platter; top with tomato mixture. Sprinkle with cheese and reserved almonds.

MARINATED GREEN BEANS WITH OLIVES, TOMATOES, AND FETA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over medium heat and drop in the green beans; cook until slightly tender, but still crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Immediately drain the green beans and plunge into ice water to stop the beans from cooking further. Drain the beans and place them in a shallow serving dish.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook garlic in the oil for about 30 seconds. Remove the skillet from the heat. Stir in the olives, tomatoes, vinegar, oregano, salt, and pepper. Pour mixture over green beans. Toss together until beans are evenly coated. Sprinkle feta cheese over the top and garnish with oregano sprigs. Chill at least 3 hours before serving.

GREEN BEANS WITH TOMATO & FETA

Steps:

• Boil a pan of water. Once boiling, add the beans and cook for 4 mins until tender. Drain the beans, then mix with the tomato and feta. Drizzle over the olive oil and season generously with black pepper.

GREEK STYLE GREEN BEANS WITH TOMATOES AND FETA CHEESE

Steps:

• Saute onion and garlic in olive oil for a minute or so, be careful not to burn.
• Stir in diced tomaotes,olives & oregano; cook over med. heat for 3 minute.
• Add drained green beans, simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Right before serving, crumbled feta cheese on top.

ARICA'S GREEN BEANS AND FETA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir red bell pepper and garlic into hot oil; season with salt and black pepper. Cook and stir until the bell pepper is tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir green beans with the red bell pepper. Pour white wine over the green bean mixture. Place a cover on the skillet and cook until the green beans are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir the green bean mixture. Sprinkle feta cheese over the mixture. Replace cover and continue cooking until the feta softens, about 3 minutes.

FETA AND SLOW-ROASTED TOMATO SALAD WITH FRENCH GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C).
• Slice the cherry tomatoes in half, and arrange them, cut sides up, on a baking sheet. Sprinkle them with salt, pepper, and the bay leaf; drizzle with 1/4 cup olive oil.
• Bake the tomatoes until they are shriveled and dry on the outside, but a little moist inside, about 2 hours.
• Toast the pine nuts in a small pan over medium-low heat, gently shaking the pan as they toast, until beginning brown and fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes; set aside.
• Bring a saucepan of water to a boil; cook the green beans in the boiling water until bright green but still crisp, about 3 minutes. Drain and rinse immediately with cold water.
• Combine the roasted tomatoes, toasted pine nuts, green beans, arugula, and basil in a salad bowl. Whisk together the red wine vinegar, mustard, garlic, honey, and 1/4 cup olive oil in a bowl, and pour the dressing over the salad. Stir in the crumbled feta cheese just before serving.

PASTA WITH TOMATOES, GREEN BEANS & FETA

Steps:

• Start a large pot of water to boil with 1 tbsp.
• salt.
• While water heats, toss tomatoes with garlic, salt, pepper, oil, herbs and vinegar (if using) in a pasta bowl.
• Add feta.
• Let sit at room temperature 15 minutes or longer.
• Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Add pasta to boiling water.
• Cook 5 minutes.
• Add beans.
• Keep cooking until pasta is al dente, firm to the bite (see cooking time on package).
• Drain, toss with tomato mixture and serve.
• The tomato mixture, without the herbs, can be made hours ahead.
• Hold in or out of the refrigerator, but let it come to room temperature before adding herbs and tossing with cooked pasta.

ORZO WITH TOMATO, GREEN BEANS AND FETA CHEESE

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with salted water and bring to a boil for beans and orzo.
• Chop onion and mince garlic.
• Core and seed tomatoes.
• Cut into quarters lengthwise, and then into 1/4 inch thick slices.
• In a large skillet cook onion and garlic in oil over medium high heat until onion is softened.
• Add tomatoes and cook, stirring, until tomatoes are softened, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Have a bowl of ice and cold water ready.
• Drop beans into the boiling, salted water and blanch 1 minute.
• With a large slotted spoon or mesh colander, transfer beans to ice water to stop cooking.
• Drain beans well and pat dry.
• Add beans to tomato mixture and return the water in pot to a boil.
• Boil orzo until al dente and drain.
• Add orzo to the vegetable mixture and combine with vinegar, parsley, feta, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Toss to combine well.

COLD GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH FETA AND CHERRY TOMATOES

Steps:

• Whisk together olive oil, red wine vinegar, basil, garlic, salt, and pepper in a jar and allow to blend overnight.
• Toast almonds in a small dry skillet over medium heat until lightly browned, flipping often, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove to a plate and let them cool completely.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the green beans and cook until tender crisp, about 2 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the beans to a bowl of ice water. Drain well, pat dry (you want the bean as dry as possible), and place the beans into a large bowl. Add feta cheese, tomatoes, and red onions; mix to combine.
• Pour dressing over the green beans and sprinkle with toasted almonds; mix to combine. Let marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours before serving.

GREEN BEANS WITH TOMATOES, OLIVES, AND FETA

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, prepare an ice bath for cooling the beans.
• Cook the beans in salted boiling water, about 6 minutes, until crisp, but tender.
• Drain the beans, then cool in the ice bath.
• Drain and put the beans in a serving dish.
• Add the feta cheese to the cooled beans.
• Heat the olive oil and add the garlic, about 60 seconds, until fragrant.
• Remove form heat and add the tomatoes, olives, lemon juice, and oregano.
• Toss this mixture.
• Pour over green beans and feta and stir gently to combine.

BAKED GREEN BEANS WITH FETA CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
• In a medium bowl, combine beans, onion, garlic, oil, salt and pepper.
• Place mixture in an ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan and top with tomatoes, feta cheese, basil and oregano.
• Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until tender.

ORZO WITH FETA, GREEN BEANS, AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Fill a 4-quart kettle three fourths full with salted water and bring to a boil for beans and orzo.
• Chop onion and mince garlic. Quarter and seed tomatoes. Cut quarters lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Trim beans and cut into 1-inch pieces. In a large skillet cook onion and garlic in oil over moderate heat until onion is softened. Add tomatoes and cook, stirring, until tomatoes are softened, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
• Have ready a bowl of ice and cold water. In boiling salted water blanch beans 1 minute. With a slotted spoon transfer beans to ice water to stop cooking. Drain beans well in a colander and pat dry. Add beans to tomato mixture and return water in kettle to a boil. Boil orzo until al dente and drain in colander. Add orzo to bean mixture with vinegar, parsley, feta, and salt and pepper to taste, tossing to combine well.

TOMATO-GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH CHICKPEAS, FETA AND DILL

Steps:

• Bring a medium saucepan of water to boil over high heat. Add 1 teaspoon salt, then the green beans. Cook until beans are tender-crisp, about 2 minutes. Transfer beans to a large bowl of cold water. Drain in a colander and blot green beans dry with a kitchen towel.
• Make the dressing: In a small bowl, put lemon juice, vinegar, garlic, a pinch of salt and some black pepper to taste. Whisk in olive oil.
• Make the salad: Add cherry tomatoes, green beans and chickpeas to a large salad bowl, and season with salt and pepper. Add dressing and toss to coat. Add feta and toss once more. Let marinate for 10 to 15 minutes, tossing occasionally.
• To serve, sprinkle generously with dill and oregano.