7 tender crisp sweet Recipes

green beans, rinsed and drained (or 3/4 lb. fresh in season- trim and steam to tender crisp), sliced celery, sliced purple onion, dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained, garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained, cider vinegar, unsweetened apple juice, sugar, prepared mustard (we like dijon), cornstarch, pepper, celery leaves (optional)

soy sauce, cider vinegar, ground ginger, garlic, minced, hot pepper sauce, vegetable oil, minced green onions, whole wheat macaroni or spiral pasta, fresh broccoli florets , cooked tender-crisp, drained, sweet red pepper , cut into thin strips, part-skim mozzarella cheese , cut in 1-1/2-inch x 1/4-inch strips

fat-trimmed beef tenderloin or other tender beef steak, fat-skimmed beef or chicken broth or water, lime juice, lemon juice, walla walla or other sweet onion (1/2 lb.), peeled and cut lengthwise into thin slivers, hot chili flakes, kosher or coarse salt, pink or ruby grapefruit (1 lb. each), watercress sprigs, rinsed and crisped, asian fish sauce (nuoc mam or nam pla)

carrots, sliced & cooked to tender-crisp, sm white onion, thinly sliced and separated into rings, lg ribs celery, sliced thinly, sm or 1/2 a large sweet pepper, cut in bite-sized pieces, sauce, tomato soup, veg. oil, yellow hot dog mustard (i prefer dijon ), white sugar, white vinegar, salt, black pepper

yukon gold potatoes , or other waxy, boiling potatoes, cider vinegar, chicken stock or potato-cooking water, chopped onion, chopped celery, crisply cooked bacon, chopped or crumbled, chopped pickle, sweet or dill, hard-boiled eggs, peeled and sliced thin, chopped fresh chives or scallions, including a bit of their, tender green, salt and freshly ground white pepper, mayonnaise , homemade if possible, sour cream , optional, crisp whole red-leaf or other lettuce leaves, canned red pimiento, diced ; sliced hard-boiled eggs; tomato quarters; parsley sprigs