In case you hadn’t had enough of weird bean salads with 2-19: Country Bean Salad, I present to you its estranged cousin, 2-16: Roast Beef Salad with Beans.
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RIP buffet luncheons (and large groups). Although if this is what’s on the menu, I’d have passed on it anyway.
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Ah, the beloved trope of the useless lettuce/tomato garnish strikes again. When I worked in a restaurant, it drove me NUTS when I would watch all my beautiful burger lettuce leaves be wasted underneath some greasy fried zucchini platter for a big party.
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Ingredients. I missed the note in the TIPS to use balsamic or apple cider vinegar, so I used white wine vinegar instead. I know cocktail onions aren’t the same as pearl onions, but I honestly don’t care–I’m only doing this to check the box that I completed it. Roast beef is actually homemade roast “beaf” instead of the real stuff.
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Here’s a closer look at my “roast beaf”, which is basically seitan. My chest freezer is a veritable fake meat deli at this point.
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Same bean draining picture from 2-19: Country Bean Salad. That’s probably because I used the same can of beans (split) for both. I only made these things as big as you see them in the pictures–there’s no reserves of bean salad anywhere.
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Draining my beans–note the two separate green bean dishes in the background.
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“Pearl” onions. Yes I know they’re not the same, don’t @me, I don’t care.
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Which one looks more appetizing to you? Answer: neither.
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Mixing up the dressing.
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Poured the dressing over the top and let it marinate in the fridge for a while.
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Final plate. If you’re into roast beef and green beans, I guess it could be good-ish. To me, it’s too reminiscent of awful school cafeteria lunches, so it’s gonna be a no from me, dawg.
Grade: D+