4 summer chilled green beans Recipes

fresh green beans, cleaned, cooked and cooled (canned green beans may be used, but the flavor is not quite the same), scant 1/2 cup sour cream (reduced fat sour cream is fine for this), cider vinegar, sugar, to your taste (or sugar substitute), salt and pepper, to your taste

romano or green beans, cut into 1-inch lengths, blanched until tender and chilled, yellow wax beans , prepared as above for green beans, fresh soybeans, blanched and chilled, fresh fava beans, shelled and cooked until tender, garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed, green onion, cleaned and finely minced, red onion, peeled and finely diced, stalks celery, finely diced, yellow bell pepper, finely diced, chopped fresh tarragon, dry white wine ( chardonnay, etc.), stems of 1 bunch tarragon (save leaves for the salad), shallots, peeled and finely minced, lemons , zested and juiced, finely chop the zest and set the juice aside, rice vinegar (unseasoned), pure olive oil, salt and pepper

black beans, drained and rinsed, sweet corn, drained and rinsed, fat cloves of garlic, chopped fine, diced celery, tomatoes, diced, big bunch of scallions, diced, vidalia onion, diced fine, cooked brown rice, chilled and tossed in olive oil, sweet peppers -- 1 each yellow , orange, red and green, diced, young, small carrots, slivered very finely with a peeler, fresh cilantro, chopped fine, couple tablespoonfuls of extra-virgin olive oil, couple teaspoonfuls of vinegar (i like white wine/tarragon, but balsamic is nice too), salt & coarse-ground or cracked black pepper to taste