3 make ahead bean salad Recipes

sesame oil, rice vinegar or 5 tbsp cider vinegar, sugar (or your choice of sweetener), tamari or 3 tbsp light soy sauce, garlic cloves, minced, salt, to your taste, crushed red pepper flakes, to your taste, fresh ginger, minced (optional), extra firm tofu, well drained (6 cakes), mushrooms, left whole, carrot, grated (or in matchsticks), bell pepper, finely chopped (any colour except green), cabbage, shredded (optional), shallot, minced (optional), fresh mung bean sprouts (optional), coarsely chopped peanuts (optional), minced fresh cilantro (optional), minced fresh parsley (even basil would be nice) (optional), fresh tomato, diced (optional), sesame seeds (optional)

tuna , loin, baguette, cut in half and hollowed out, fennel seed, salt, lime , zest of, finely grated, vegetable oil, green beans, blanched, eggs, boiled for 6 minutes, extra virgin olive oil, tomatoes, halved, cucumber, sliced, artichoke hearts, drained and sliced thickly, red onion, thinly sliced, salt & freshly ground black pepper, french dressing, chives, black olives, pitted, anchovy fillets, rinsed