String Bean Salad with Pesto

Ingredients

• string beans
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 lemon
• salt
• pesto
• olive oil

Instructions

1. Snip the tips of the string beans and cut them into bite-sized pieces.
2. Blanch the string beans.
3. Add 2 cloves of garlic and the juice of 1/2 lemon.
4. Add salt to taste.
5. Mix in pesto and a little olive oil.
6. Check the beans; they should be cooked but still firm.
7. Serve hot as a side or cold as a salad.