Falling In Love with Green Beans ♥ Favorite Recipes


FIRST, HOW TO TURN GREEN BEANS from GOOD to GREAT
Great beans may start with the beans – fresh, snappy, fragrant – but it takes two more things to draw out the most flavor. Once I learned these two "secret" ingredients, wow, there was no not falling in love with green beans.
What Are Your Favorite Green Bean Recipes? There's a pile of garden green beans waiting on the counter -- and I'd love to find a new favorite recipe. How do you cook green beans? Leave a note in the comments! (Shy e-mail readers: Yes, that's you, right? Feel free to just hit 'reply' to your e-mail, I'll add the comment for you, using just your first name.)
SIMPLE-SIMPLE GREEN BEAN RECIPESThe best way to cook green beans, in my opinion, is in well-salted water. I love this simple treatment, just fresh green beans cooked in well-salted water and tossed with a little lemon and if you like, some pine nuts.Green Beans with Lemon & Pine Nuts (pictured) But green beans cooked in the microwave are also delicious. Green Beans with Tomatillo Salsa Dressing |
Another quick way to cook green beans comes from Saveur. Simple Skillet Green Beans |
Don't you just love to toss fresh just-cooked vegetables with a pantry ingredient or two? Weight Watchers, you'll love this recipe! Green Beans with Mayo-Soy Sauce (pictured) The mayo-soy sauce works beautifully with frozen green beans too. In fact, green beans are my my favorite frozen vegetable, the freezer is rarely without at least one or two bags. I even collect simple ways to "doctor" frozen green beans, see Quick Ways to Doctor a Bag of Green Beans. |
WHAT A TREAT: ROMANO BEANSWatch for "romano beans" at the farmers market! They are flat, more tender and slightly velvety. So good!Garlicky Romano Beans |
MAGICAL PAIRINGSSeems like, green beans nearly always stand alone. But one of my very very favorite recipes on A Veggie Venture pairs green beans with something creamy – new potatoes."Best Ever" New Potatoes & Green Beans (pictured) But you can go the other direction, too, and pair green beans with something acidic – like tomatoes. Healthy Red & Green Green-Bean Salad |
MY FAVORITE GREEN BEAN SALADThis is my favorite simple green bean salad, one so good, you can make a meal out of it.Chilled Green Bean Salad with Rosemary & Garlic Oil |
ROCK YOUR WORLD WITH FRESH GREEN BEANSBut I also like to transform favorites recipes usally made with canned green beans into their fresher counterparts – what a revelation!This is the traditional three-bean salad, except with fresh beans. Fresh Three-Bean Salad |
This salad has an Asian-style dressing. Don't skip the soy-glazed almonds on top! Fresh Green Bean Salad with Asian Dressing |
The real life-changer, however (for me, quite literally! someday I'll tell you that story ...) is what happens when you make the traditional green bean casserole with fresh green beans. That's when you create the ... World's Best Green Bean Casserole |
THANKS!I hope this list of favorite green bean recipes is helpful. But if you still haven't found the one recipe you're looking for, yes, there are more! Don't forget to leave me your own favorite way to cook green beans!~ more green bean recipes ~ from A Veggie Venture ~ more green bean recipes ~ from Kitchen Parade ~ A-Z of Vegetables ~ |
READER FAVORITES:
YOUR TOP TEN GREEN BEAN RECIPES
(our favorites are mostly the same! * not included above)
~ World's Best Green Bean Casserole ~
~ "Best Ever" New Potatoes & Green Beans ~
~ Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole * ~
from Kitchen Parade
~ Simple Skillet Green Beans ~
~ Slooow Country Green Beans * ~
~ Fresh Green Bean Salad with Asian Dressing ~
~ Fresh Three-Bean Salad ~
~ Healthy Red & Green Green-Bean Salad ~
~ Chilled Green Bean Salad with Rosemary & Garlic Oil ~
~ Eggplant & Bean Thai Curry * ~
from Kitchen Parade
~ more green bean recipes ~
YOUR TOP TEN GREEN BEAN RECIPES
(our favorites are mostly the same! * not included above)
~ World's Best Green Bean Casserole ~
~ "Best Ever" New Potatoes & Green Beans ~
~ Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole * ~
from Kitchen Parade
~ Simple Skillet Green Beans ~
~ Slooow Country Green Beans * ~
~ Fresh Green Bean Salad with Asian Dressing ~
~ Fresh Three-Bean Salad ~
~ Healthy Red & Green Green-Bean Salad ~
~ Chilled Green Bean Salad with Rosemary & Garlic Oil ~
~ Eggplant & Bean Thai Curry * ~
from Kitchen Parade
~ more green bean recipes ~
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famous asparagus-to-zucchini Alphabet of Vegetables.
© Copyright Kitchen Parade 2011,2014
Pan/skillet fried are the way we eat them most often. Hot skillet, a bit of oil and stir now and again until done and a few flecks of browning. While beans are cooking, paste fresh garlic with some salt and add a bit of olive oil. Tip the cooked green beans into a bowl large enough to ensure they get evenly coated with the garlic/salt/olive oil. Her favorite way to eat them according to a 12 year old former, 'take 'em or leave 'em' kid. Yes, you may eat them with your fingers! Polly
ReplyDeleteI was always rather ho-hum about green beans until I started growing them and had to find ways to use them and then I realized how good they can be. Your recipe ideas look great!
ReplyDeleteSaute onions and garlic in olive oil. Once the onions are soft, add fresh washed green beans. Saute another minute. Then add fresh, chopped Roma tomatoes. Cover and cook over low heat until the beans are tender and the tomatoes have cooked down to a sauce. Add a pinch of sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice. Serve with a twist of salt and pepper and crumbled feta or Parmesan cheese and a hunk of crusty bread. This is a dish from Italy and will turn any green bean hater into a fan. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteOooo, I'm loving' these quick 'n' easy recipes, all, keep 'em comin'!
ReplyDeleteThe latest issue of cooking light had some great green bean recipes! I made a sesame soy version that was fantastic!
ReplyDeleteGreat recipes, so excited to try a few! My favorite is the green beans with potatoes too.
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Great post! I'm collecting summer veggie recipes on my site - stop by and link up your favorite(s)!
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Maybe too simple, but I love fresh, and I do mean freshly picked, lightly coated with Italian dressing (Newman's Own) and grilled over charcoal (chunk) and served with steak and grilled garlic.
ReplyDeleteAlanna, I just today picked enough beans for dinner - and so it begins! Tonight, I'm going to cook them simply in salted water, with maybe a bit of lemon, but I've bookmarked this post to come back to in, oh, about 2 days. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Alanna,
ReplyDeleteI just came across your blog and its great..
my recent favourite way of cooking green beans is just a quick saute with crushed red pepper, garlic and sesame seeds or almonds. Add a splash of soy sauce and just stir all this until bite tender. The beans should still be crunchy..
a slight variation on the above is using almonds and balsamic vinegar..
This is pretty guilt free and low carb..
thanks..