When you grow tired of standard vegetable dishes, it’s time to try some unique ways to excite those you are serving. Green beans are a veggie our entire family enjoys. Typically we buy them fresh and steam them. Done in 10 minutes, except for the ones I gobble up when snapping off the ends and putting them in the steamer.
To give them a little something extra, get some bacon and slivered almonds, and buy a package or two of frozen French cut green beans (you could make these with fresh ones, too). Follow the instructions to heat the frozen green beans. Fry up 4-5 pieces of bacon. When the bacon is done, leave the juice in the pan. Pour in 3-4 tablespoons of white wine vinegar. Stir it around.
Pull the beans out, drain, and place in a bowl. Chop up the bacon into bits. Put the bacon on top of the green beans along with the slivered almonds. Mix. Pour the bacon grease/white wine mixture on top. Mix again.
You have a dish that’s more than just beans. You can serve it at Thanksgiving or take it to a pot luck dinner and talk about it like you actually know what you’re doing when it comes to cooking. That’s one more advantage when you experiment.
To give them a little something extra, get some bacon and slivered almonds, and buy a package or two of frozen French cut green beans (you could make these with fresh ones, too). Follow the instructions to heat the frozen green beans. Fry up 4-5 pieces of bacon. When the bacon is done, leave the juice in the pan. Pour in 3-4 tablespoons of white wine vinegar. Stir it around.
Pull the beans out, drain, and place in a bowl. Chop up the bacon into bits. Put the bacon on top of the green beans along with the slivered almonds. Mix. Pour the bacon grease/white wine mixture on top. Mix again.
You have a dish that’s more than just beans. You can serve it at Thanksgiving or take it to a pot luck dinner and talk about it like you actually know what you’re doing when it comes to cooking. That’s one more advantage when you experiment.
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