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Friday, September 5, 2008

Delicious: Green beans are so good for you, and also tasty

When I was a kid, I refused vegetables as if they were toxic and the mere touch of them on my lips would destroy me utterly, crumbling me into screaming dust. That is how I reacted to the carrot, the broccoli, the Brussels sprout. But not to green beans, and that is because my parents were smart, and I was kind of a dumb kid--they told me green beans were green noodles and they covered them in butter, and I could eat a whole bowl of them, thereby saving me from premature vitamin-deficient death and letting mom and dad high five each other, the way they deserved to.

Nowadays I am a grownup (ostensibly) and I eat all kinds of vegetables for pleasure, but I still carry in my heart a special love for the green noodle, which I usually prepare just the same way my parents did--a little boiling water, a lot of salt and butter. But there's a whole world full of preparations out there, and the Pioneer Woman may be the one to shake me out of my green bean rut, with her amazing-looking, very simple green bean recipe. I could maybe sit down and eat two bowls.

--Photo via Pioneer Woman

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  • Pinner's Avatar
    Posted by Pinner Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:09pm PDT

    I love to make mine in the oven with some lemon juice, almond slices and some cilantro... a little butter mind you and a pinch of salt. Very tasty!

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  • springtime's Avatar
    Posted by springtime Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:45am PDT

    I've been making green beans this way for years.. but use olive oil rather than bacon grease. Makes my arteries happy. But.. "Pinner" has a great idea with cilantro and lemon! I will definitely give that a try! Here in the Southwest, we think cilantro tastes great on just about everything.

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  • Sandy's Avatar
    Posted by Sandy Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:56pm PDT

    Green beans are the only "green" thing that my 8yo will eat. You think God created them for that very purpose? LOL

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  • coast guy's Avatar
    Posted by coast guy Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:25pm PDT

    I like them fried.You fri it in butter and put some salt and pepper...and also some onions.

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