I don’t know about you, but I love a light lunch and I get bored with the typical salad. Who says salads have to be just a variety of lettuces and typical veggies on hand? No one, that’s who!
Earlier this month, I showed you how to make asparagus pop cold. Let’s take that same concept and put it to good use with french green beans. They’re hearty, healthy and pack a hefty punch of crunch. Add some creamy avocado, grape tomatoes and an everyday vinaigrette … sounds like lunch to me.

Easy, refreshing french green bean salad with hearts of palm
What you’ll need:
- 2 cups of haricot verts, quick boiled in salted water and cooled in a salted ice-bath, then drained
- 14 oz hearts of palm, sliced
- a handful of grape tomatoes halved
- 1 just ripened avocado diced
- a handful of fresh thyme, picked, stemmed and rough chopped
- 3 green onions, tops and bodies sliced thinly
- 4 tbsp quality apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp of dijon mustard
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- salt & pepper to taste
- 8 tbsp olive oil
What you’ll do:
- Combine haricot verts, hearts of palm, grape tomatoes and onions. Then set aside
- Make the dressing. Combine thyme, salt, pepper, vinegar, brown sugar and mustard
- Slowly whisk in olive oil until well combined
- Toss and top with avocado, salt & pepper
- Enjoy!