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PREPARE VEGETABLES

“Ingredients are personal and vary with the cook and the

season,” Scott says, “but pick the freshest, best-looking produce at your market and you

can’t go wrong.” Cook corn and green beans in a large amount of rapidly boiling, lightly

salted water for 1 to 3 minutes. Drain and submerge in lightly salted ice water to stop the

cooking. Drain, and spread on kitchen towels or paper towels. “If the vegetables are wet,

you’ll get a milky salad,” Scott says. For best-looking avocado do not scoop flesh from

skin. Instead, remove skin from the avocado by gently peeling it away in strips.

COMBINE VEGETABLES AND DRESSING

In a very large salad bowl combine corn,

beans, cherry tomatoes, and cucumber. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and half the chives.

Add two or three spoonfuls of dressing and toss gently, then sample. “It’s important to

taste the dressed vegetables so they have the right amount of salt, pepper, and chives

before adding the lettuce,” Scott says.

FINAL TOSS

Once vegetables are coated, add lettuce to bowl. Sprinkle with salt, pepper,

and most of the remaining chives. “Chives and the proper seasoning really make the salad

sing” Add an additional drizzle of dressing. Gather vegetables from bottom of the bowl and lift

up and over the lettuce. Repeat until ingredients are just mixed, adding additional dressing as

necessary to coat. Just before serving, add the avocado and bacon. “Adding avocado too soon

turns it into guacamole,” Scott says. Top servings with additional chives.

MAKES 8 SERVINGS.

EACH SERVING

175 cal, 13 g fat, 29 mg chol, 330 mg sodium, 13 g carbo, 3 g fiber, 5gpro.

Want to learn more? For additional how-to photos, and to watch chef Scott Peacock demonstrate this

recipe and others, go to

bhg.com/americanclassics.

And now you can watch Scott on the Better

television show on 60 TV stations around the country; for a list of stations and times, go to

bettertv.com.

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS

JUNE 2010

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