Fresh Green Beans with Garlic
20 min | 5 min prep
SERVES 4
- 1 lb fresh green beans
- 2 teaspoons butter or olive oil
- 1 small onion, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme or oregano (or 1/2 tsp dried)
- salt
- cayenne pepper
- hazelnuts (or your favourite)
- Trim beans, boil for 4 or 5 minutes until tender crisp- Drain In a cast iron fry pan or saucepan, melt butter add onion and garlic and cook over medium low heat.
- Stir occasionslly until onion is just tender Stir in beans, tyme salt and cayenne, Heat through.
- Add nuts just before serving.
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Green Beans from a Can That Don’t Taste Like It!
As fast as you can heat a can of veggies you can have this special side ready to serve! I hate canned green beans yet this is one veggie my dd will eat without complaint. This forced me to find a way to make us both happy. Hope you enjoy this one! by mama’s kitchen
5 min | 5 min prep
SERVES 4
- 1 (15 ounce) can green beans
- 1 teaspoon butter or margarine
- 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese, canned is fine
- 1 pinch thyme (optional)
- Heat entire contents of the canned green beans. Drain.
- Place butter in the bottom of a serving bowl and add DRAINED green beans, stirring gently until butter is melted.
- Sprinkle with parmesan (and thyme if using)and serve.
- NOTE: This would work equally well on fresh or frozen green beans.
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Rosemary Potatoes - Microwave Recipe
Nummy, Nummy!! Good with steak or anything else. from Cooking Light. by Derf
21 min | 5 min prep
SERVES 4
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 1/2 lbs red potatoes, quartered,about 4 cups
- Place the butter and garlic in an 8 inch square baking dish.
- Microwave at medium high (70%) 45 seconds or until butter melts.
- Add rosemary, salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper and potatoes, toss well.
- Cover and microwave at high 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
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Mashed Sweet and Russet Potatoes With Herbs
Sweet potatoes add Vitamin C! The Russets give a nice, fluffy texture. Adapted from Martha Stewart Living magazine. A Southern and Caribbean recipe. by Sharon123
1¼ hours | 15 min prep
SERVES 4
- 4 garlic cloves (don’t peel)
- 1/2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 2 medium russet potatoes
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon fresh sage, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt or sour cream
- 1 sprig fresh parsley (to garnish)
- Preheat oven to 400*F., with racks in center and lower third of oven. Place garlic in a small piece of foil; drizzlel with oil. Fold to form and packet, crimping edges to seal. Prick potatoes. Place garlic packet and the potatoeson center rack. Place a baking pan on the lower rack to catch juices.
- Bake, turning half way through, until sweet potatoes are very tender when pierced with knife, about 45 minutes.
- Remove sweet potatoes and garlic from oven; continue to bake the russet potatoes until very tender, about 15 more minutes. Remove from oven, let cool about 5 minutes.
- Peel potatoes. Pass through a ricer or a food mill into a medium bowl(or mash by hand with potato masher). Squeeze garlic from skins into bowl with potatoes. Stir in butter, parsley, sage, salt, and pepper, and yogurt. Stir to mix. Serve and enjoy!
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