Fresh Green Bean and Tomato Salad

from Paula Deen at Food Network

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
• 1/2 cup fresh or frozen green peas
• 2 tomatoes, seeded and cut into quarters
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, cut into quarters
• 1 can water chestnuts, drained and sliced
• Several green onions, sliced
• Salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• Dash lemon juice
• 1 large head romaine or red leaf lettuce, washed and dried thoroughly

Directions

Blanch beans in a large pot of boiling, salted water until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove to an ice water bath to stop the cooking. Drain beans and set aside. In the same pot of boiling water, blanchpeas until slightly tender, about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Remove peas to the ice water bath; drain and set aside.

Place beans, peas, tomatoes, eggs, water chestnuts, and green onions in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Addmayonnaise and lemon juice and stir to combine. Serve over lettuce leaves.