Seasoned Green Beans For 2 Food

SEASONED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Place beans in a steamer basket; place in a saucepan over 1 in. of water. Bring to a boil; cover and steam for 7-8 minutes or until crisp-tender. In a small bowl, combine the butter and seasonings. Drain beans; add butter mixture and toss to coat.

SEASONED GREEN BEANS FOR 2

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add beans. Cover and cook for 3 minutes; drain., In a large skillet, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender. Add the paprika, salt, cayenne and beans; heat through.

SEASONED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Cook green beans (you can steam the fresh ones about 15-18 minutes; or fix frozen according to pkg directions, or heat canned).
• Saute onion in bacon fat or butter/margarine until tender and starting to turn brown.
• Mix cornstarch, salt, mustard, brown sugar, and vinegar together with 1/2 cup of the water from the green beans.
• Add this to the onions in the pan and cook, stirring, until slightly thickened.
• Drain the cooked green beans and mix into the thickened onions; adjust salt and pepper and stir, coating green beans and cooking until reheated if necessary.
• Top with crumbled bacon and serve.

SEASONED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Use a Teflon coated 8" frying pan. Spray cooking spray in the pan and put on medium heat on stove.
• While pan heats up, cut up the raw bacon in ½" pieces and put it in the pan.
• Turn the bacon in the pan or stir until its crispy. Lower heat if the pans starts to smoke or it appears that the bacon is cooking too fast and burns. Do not drain fat.
• Add onions and fresh garlic and stir until they appear translucent (transparente). This should only take about 2-3 minutes. Do not let garlic burn it will taste AWFUL! If you use garlic powder add it together with the tomatoes.
• Add the tomatoes and stir altogether until all is heated.
• Add green beans from both cans with liquid from one can only. Stir altogether.
• When it starts to bubble or heat up, cover pan and turn heat to low to simmer for about 10 minutes.
• ENJOY!

SEASONED GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first seven ingredients; set aside.
• In a large skillet, saute green beans and mushrooms in butter until almost tender.
• Add lemon juice mixture; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

SEASONED GREEN BEANS OAMC

Steps:

• For OAMC (Once A Month Cooking preparation), combine everything in bowl, then place in freezer bag.
• Place optional cheese in a smaller bag and insert in freezer bag.
• Squeeze out as much air as possible before sealing.
• Freeze until needed.
• When ready to serve, heat skillet to medium-high and saute with 2 T water for about 8-10 min until beans are are brightly colored and tender.
• Transfer to platter, sprinkle with cheese if desired.
• OR.
• Roast on baking sheet 475F until browned, about 10 minutes; add cheese if desired.

SOUTHERN STYLE SEASONED GREEN BEANS (FROM CANNED)

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a heavy sauce pan (do not crisp the bacon, just cook enough to extract the drippings). Remove from heat.
• Empty the 2 cans of cut green beans into the sauce pan directly on top of the cooked bacon and drippings.
• Add salt to taste and then the 1/4 teaspoons of minced garlic. Stir well and return to heat.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce heat to med-low, cover, and simmer for at least 30 minutes (1 hour is better).
• Serve and enjoy.
• NOTE - Use good quality canned green beans. My family prefers "flat beans" (Cut Italian Green Beans), but regular cut will taste just as good.