Green Bean & Beet Salad

Here's a fairly simple to make and very fresh and cool dish to eat for a warm summer evening's dinner. This recipe is especially tasty if you pick the ingredients up fresh at your local farmer's market, the day of. The beets were from our garden, the beans from the farmer's market.

Ingredients:

3 beets
2 handfuls of green beans
Vinegar (something clear: white, rice, apple cider)
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper

Directions:

• Boil the beets until soft (this will take about 45 minutes, so do them ahead).
• Saute the beans in olive oil until they start to get soft. Set aside to cool.
• Peel the beets by hand (once they are boiled the skin just falls right off) and chop into cubes.
• Put the beets and green beans in a bowl, and toss with olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper.
• Use lemon slices to garnish

Bon appetit