For anyone who thinks salads can’t be exciting dinners, I have to disagree. We’ve been focussing on dinner salads for the past couple of weeks. It’s quick, versatile, cheap and easy. This one was especially notable. We picked up some smoked yellowtail at Seaside Market and I kind of based the dinner around that. I used to bake beans like this in college all the time. I lived with three girls who all loved to cook and had similar tastes and this was one of our favorite drunk snacks. We’d all end up back in the living room after a night on the town and I’d inevitably toss together some white beans (cannellini beans) and nuts with some mustard, tahini and vinegar mixture and throw them in the oven- side note, I’m kind of known for my strange drunk snacks. Anyways don’t knock it ’til you try it, it sounds kind of funky but it’s quite good. Also roasted tomatoes are never a bad idea and of course I have unending fondness for soft boiled eggs <3
{serves 2}
- 1 can cannellini beans
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 lemon
- Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel Seasoning
- a drizzle olive oil
- 1 tbsp tahini
- 2 rosemary sprigs, stemmed and chopped
- 2 thyme sprigs, stemmed
- 2 eggs
- 14 cherry tomatoes
- 8 oz smoked fish
- pita chips (optional)
- avocado ! (optional)
- 3 handfuls mixed greens
- 1 bell pepper
- pre-heat oven to 350ºF
- soft boil eggs; boil a small pot of water then turn it down to a simmer, add the eggs gently and cook for 6-7 minutes then remove w/ a slotted spoon and put in an ice bath for a few minutes –or hard boil them if that’s more your speed
- drain beans and transfer to a medium sized bowl; add tahini, mustard, balsamic, lemon juice, herbs and Everything But the Bagel Seasoning
- line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread beans on one half, then toss tomatoes in same bowl, drizzle with a little olive oil
- spread them on the other half of the baking sheet
- bake for about 30 minutes, checking and turning every so often after the first 15 minutes
- rinse greens and chop, divide between two bowls
- chop bell pepper and add that on top; slice fish and throw that in
- let the beans and tomatoes cool slightly when finished them add them to the party and lastly top with the egg and avo! great with a vinaigrette and maybe a glass of crisp rose
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