3 crudites verte Recipes

handful sugar snap or snow peas, handfuls green beans , yellow beans, and/or haricots verts, head cauliflower, broken into florets, handful of baby carrots or 3 large carrots, peeled and cut into batons, french breakfast or icicle radishes, salt

ricotta cheese, preferably fresh, fresh basil, chopped, plus leaves for sprinkling, fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped, coarse salt & freshly ground black pepper, french haricots vert, trimmed, yellow wax bean, trimmed, baby carrots , tops left intact (optional), zucchini , small, sliced 1/4 inch thick on the bias, yellow squash , small, sliced 1/4 inch thick on the bias, english cucumber, cut into spears