Rec: "Celebration Green Beans"

~Jan~

Celebration Green Beans
Taste of Home October/November 2008

Jan......I made these with the pot roast meat loaf and they're excellect...I did make a couple changes and reviewed them.....I think....I'll have to check!

Yup-here's the picture...they're SO good-even though I did goof them up-the goof worked really well!!!

Carol

Jan, thank-you for posting the recipe, it sounds great!

Carol, you mean you stopped eating scones long enough to fix these...(lol, i am just pulling your leg) Did you take that picture? That is great! If you find your review can you tell us the tweaks you made or bump it up.

Thank-you both!

Jill

Jill-here's the recipe that Jan posted  with my changes in it....must be another Carol that's been eating scones..don't think I've ever had one!!! Wish I could say I was the one that took the picture, but I can't-it's my husband that's the camera whiz!

Carol

CELEBRATION GREEN BEANS

1 1/2 lb. fresh green beans, trimmed
2 Tbsp. canola oil (I used extra virgin olive oil)
1 Tbsp. cider vinegar (I used 3 Tbsp. red wine vinegar-yup, I read the recipe wrong and I'm glad I did!)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 c. sliced onion
1 garlic clove, finely minced
1 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. dry bread crumbs (I used Panko bread crumbs)
2 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese
Paprika, optional (I sprinkled a little over the top before baking)

Place beans in a steamer basket; place in a saucepan over 1" of water.  Bring to a boil; cover and steam for 7-8 minutes or until crisp-tender. Transfer to a 2 quart baking dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
Combine the oil, vinegar, salt and pepper.  Drizzle over beans and toss to coat. Set aside.
In a small skillet, saute onion and garlic in butter until tender. Remove from the heat; stir in bread crumbs and cheese. Sprinkle over beans. Sprinkle with paprika, if desired.
Bake, uncovered, @ 350 degrees for 18-22 minutes or until topping is lightly browned (I found it only took about 15 minutes). 8 servings.

Thanks Carol. Great close up shot, thank dh for us. Hmmmm, I am old and feeble so now I'm not sure who was on a scones kick. Maybe Deonia?? Oh well, sorry about that.

Jan-don't WORRY about it!  I'm glad the recipe and picture appealed to you enough to copy it!  And I hope you like them...we really did-and my husband-who has about had his FILL of green beans for this year because the garden wouldn't quit giving them to us-wants these AGAIN....for him-that's amazing!  You can certainly cut back on the vinegar and use what the original recipe has but we really liked it with the extra-and the red wine vinegar was really good too.  I always tend to make my oil and vinegar dressings heavy on the vinegar and lighter on the oil so maybe that's why the extra vinegar tasted good to us.

Oh Jill-you're not old and feeble......with so many people here posting SO many good recipes, it's hard to remember who posted what!  I WISH I was the one eating scones, believe me!!!

Carol