Roasted Haricots Verts & Garbanzo Beans w/ Goat Cheese Dip

Necessity is the mother of all inventions, right? Anyway, I bought like 2 pounds of haricots verts the other day at Haymarket because it was cheap... and since Peter was out of town for most of last week, I barely ate any. By today, they are not looking too good but I did not have the heart throw them out so I decided to turn it into a dip. It was super easy to make and I personally think it would be quite the crowd pleaser.

All you need is green beans, 1 can of garbanzo beans, some oil & goat cheese, paprika, and salt & pepper to season.

Turn your oven to 400 degrees - roasted.

If your goat cheese is in the fridge, take it out and allow it to soften.


Trim your green beans (about 2 cups) and peel a few shallots. Throw it all on a baking pan w/ a few drizzle of olive oil and after 10 minutes of roasting, pour in a 1/4 cup of water into the baking pan.

After 20 minutes, it should look like this.



Rinse your garbanzo beans.



Add the green beans and garbanzo beans in the blender along with 1 T of olive oil and 1/2 cup of water. Depending on your blender, you might have to pulse, stir, pulse, stir...

*i do do recognize that i forgot the photo with both the ingredients...



It should look something like this when it's done.



I added roughly 2 ounces of this goat cheese from Trader Joe's.



Combine well and refrigerate before serving unless you and your friends like a warm dip.



I added a few dashes of paprika, ground pepper and salt to mine so season it to your liking.



The recipe will fill (almost) a whole medium sized container!