New potatoes with beans & cress

New potatoes with beans & cress

Poor old cress always gets relegated to egg mayonnaise, but it really works with potatoes, too

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

5 mins work

Low-fat, Super healthy

Method

  1. Boil the potatoes for 15 mins, tipping in the beans for the final 4 mins. Drain and cool under cold water until just warm, or leave to one side if you have time.
  2. Whisk together the dressing ingredients and toss through the warm vegetables. Scatter the cress on top and serve straight away.

Per Serving

178 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 28g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 3g, salt 0.11 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2005.

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  • 02 November 2007

    Nigel commented on this recipe

    Cooked this as recomended with the Salmon Trout fillets, very easy and a refreshing change.

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  • 01 September 2010

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I love this dish and have done it loads of time with either green beans or runner beans, really popular and I love "all in one" veggie dishes when entertaining.

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  • 25 January 2011

    kimkap commented on this recipe

    How simple is this - fed up with just doing plain boiled potatoes by adding simple ingredients makes all the difference. My husband doesn't like beans so changed to sugar snap peas and it was delicious. Will definitely be doing these again.

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  • 15 March 2011

    Ernie Gumble rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    lovely flavour. next time i would be more sparing with the dressing, but still lovely

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  • 12 July 2011

    Simon rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really simple to prepare and a great way to make new potatoes a bit more 'special', will definitely be using this dressing in future...

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

5 mins work

Low-fat, Super healthy

Ingredients

  • 1kg baby new potatoes
  • 250g runner or green beans , trimmed and cut into short lengths
  • pack mustard cress , snipped

FOR THE DRESSING

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Per Serving

178 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 28g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 3g, salt 0.11 g

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