A quick side dish for this evening anyone? Green beans, lemon vinaigrette and goats cheese

It's been far too long since I posted. So I apologise to those of you waiting for more delicious (even if I do say so myself!) recipes.
Things have been kinda crazy in my house and very busy. But all in a good way.
My son turned 7 which meant a soccer party and naturally a soccer cake. As you can see from the smiling face he was happy which meant so was I and add to that it only took me about 15 minutes to make, our home was a stress-free zone!
Under that green ready roll fondant is a cake of chocolate krispies and marshmallows which was devoured by kids and adults alike! I simply melted a few bars of milk chocolate and mixed in the rice krispies and some mini marshmallows. I filled a buttered rectangular 12" baking tray with the mixture and let it set. Voila! Cake turned out onto board, green fondant rolled and placed over cake. Shop bought cake decorations to top and we have a cake that all the 7 year old boys gasped at and thought was fabulous! Go Me!

I've also been busy getting myself set up to host my first 'official' kids cooking lessons. After having lots of practice with the local kids being my helpers, with making everything from my lamb rissoles to chocolate lollipops, I feel the time is right to set up my cooking school.
So the first one starts in the mid-term break, and hopefully I'll have lots of great photos to share with you aswell as the recipes we will be cooking.


Now back to the recipe!

I wanted to share a nice side dish with you that could go particularly well with fish or chicken this week for one of your dinners.
It's a simple dish that punches above it's weight in terms of flavour and will only take a few minutes to prepare.

Green Beans with Lemon Vinaigrette and Goats Cheese





Ingredients:

1lb green beans, trimmed
Zest of 1/2 lemon
1 tablespoon lemon juice (about 1/2 lemon)
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
Approx 30g goats cheese, crumbled (use according to taste, I love lots of goats cheese!)

·       Method:

In a large pot, bring the salted water to the boil.
Add the green beans and cook for 3 minutes, drain well.
Set the beans aside in a colander, do not rinse as they will continue to cook.
In a large bowl, whisk together lemon zest, juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Add the beans and toss.
Transfer to a serving bowl and sprinkle with crumbled goats cheese.

Enjoy!