What is the best healthy way to season green beans?!


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What is the best healthy way to season green beans?


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Assuming you're using fresh and not canned, right? Steam fresh whole beans seasoned with a couple spritzes of Worcestershire sauce and bits of garlic. What's neat about this method is leftover cold 'uns are super in a green salad. Do NOT overcook. My favorite UNhealthy beans are simmered 'n stewed forever with a chunk of fatback or hamhock and plenty of liquid...sop up with johnnycake and you'd be able to re-fight Second Manassas.

light or fat free italian dressing... works ESPECIALLY well on french style.

yummy!!

Saute' in butter substitute and a little bit of Garlic Salt.

There's this bottled dressing called "Very Very Teriyaki" that I absolutely love. I use it to marinate things like chicken and ribs, but it's wonderful poured over steamed green beans as well. It has a tangy flavor and lots of sesame seeds in it. It's totally simple and really impresses peoplel when you serve it to them!

My grandmother makes her greenbeans with Velveeta, a little evaporated milk, and a can of Rotel. You'd question it; but yum! If you're wanting healthy, fresh onion, garlic, and canned tomato work well.

I assume you're looking for an alternative to salt. Why not try one of the chili-lime or chili-lemon seasoning powders that have become very popular in recent years?

After steaming green beans I like to use a drizzle of olive oil & fresh squeezed lemon, or a sprinkling of lemon pepper. I also sometimes lightly saute them (after steaming) in a drop of oilve oil with some garlic.

Here are some other recipes:

Savory Green Beans
http://southernfood.about.com/od/greenbe...

Skillet Green Beans and Peppers
http://southernfood.about.com/od/greenbe...

Sweet-And-Sour Green Beans (scroll down page)
http://en.allexperts.com/q/vegetarian-fo...

Garlic Green Beans
http://www.raspberryworld.com/recipes/ga...

Green Beans with Red Onion
http://www.drgourmet.com/recipes/extras/...

Quick Zesty Green Beans
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/quick-zesty...

Anyway, good luck & good eating!

a little salt, vinegar and mustard.

Man, none of you folks must be from The South.

Put a ham hock in those green beans baby and cook 'em slow. If you don't know what a ham hock is, ask the butcher at your grocer. I don't know if it's healthy or not but it sure is GOOOOD!!!!

Yum! Yum!

I'm with Curtis. In the South, we slice up pieces of bacon and a palmful of sweet onions to add to the pot. A ham hock is tasty, too. Add some garlic salt and fresh black pepper.




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