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Potato-Green Bean Salad {21 Day Fix}

Potato-Green Bean Salad is full of bacon, onions, and a thickened vinegarette dressing. Served warm its tart flavor goes great with grilled foods!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

The Vinegar Dressing

  • 4 slices turkey bacon, add extra olive oil to the pan you cook the bacon in and reserve 4 teaspoons of the bacon-flavored oil, take the bacon out of oil. reserve and crumbled
  • 4 teaspoons reserved, bacon-flavored olive oil
  • 4 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 4 teaspoons sugar, honey or maple syrup
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 teaspoons corn starch
  • salt and pepper to taste

The Salad

  • 2 cups cooked potatoes, cubed, kept warm
  • 2 cans or 4 cups cooked green beans, drained and rinsed, warmed/heated
  • ½ cup or to taste diced onions, raw or cooked slightly

Instructions
 

The Vinegar Dressing

  • Add 4 teaspoons + of olive oil to a small pan/skillet and cook the turkey bacon in it. Reserve the bacn to add to the salad.
  • Keep bacon-flavored olive oil in a small pan. Add vinegar, sugar, garlic powder, to it, and cook 30 seconds or till sugar is well mixed or melted.
  • Add cornstarch with water, stir well, and add to the vinegar mix and stir for just a few seconds till just a little thick and hot. Pour mixture over the salad making sure to get all of the dressing out of the pan.

The Salad

  • Add all of the heated ingredients for the salad to a bowl including the bacon bits and add the onion. Pour the hot dressing over the bowl and stir well. Taste for salt and pepper needed and adjust. Serve warm.

21 Day Fix Container Counts for 1½ cup serving: 1G, 1Y, 1teaspoon oil, 1 teaspoon sweetener

  • The bacon is only 1/4 of a Red per serving, I count it with the rest of my reds for the day.

Notes

You could totally make this into a Green container salad by replacing the 2 cups of cooked potatoes with 2 cups of cooked cauliflower.
Keyword Healthy, Ultimate Portion Fix/21 Day Fix