Quick bean and courgette salad

Bush bean, butter bean and courgette salad

I try to plan my raised beds so I do not have a huge amount of one vegetable at the same time.

That does mean I sometimes have a few butter beans here, a few bush beans there and one small courgette. That is what I enjoy: combining things and experimenting. This delicious salad was the result.

It is very quick and easy to make because most of it cooks together in a single saucepan.

You will need:

• 1 small courgette
• 1 handful of butter beans
• 1 handful of bush beans
• ¼ red onion
• 1 teaspoon truffle oil
• 1 sprig of tarragon
• freshly ground pepper

Method:

Trim the ends from the beans. Cook them in salted water for 3 minutes, then taste one: they should be almost tender but still have some bite.

Add the thinly sliced courgette and, if you like, a sprig of curry plant.

Cook everything for another minute, then drain.

Add the very thinly sliced red onion, truffle oil, freshly ground pepper and tarragon.

You can use a good olive oil instead of truffle oil.

Finish with a few cornflower or borage flowers.

A few cornflower or borage flowers provide the finishing touch.

Enjoy!

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