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04-25-2006, 10:37 AM
Green Beans In Garlic Butter
From: Willowbas Serves 4
1 pound fresh green beans, cleaned, trimmed, and cut into ½-inch pieces
½ cup chicken broth
¼ cup schmaltz
3 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper (to taste)
In the microwave, steam the green beans in the chicken broth until they are just crisp tender. This will take between 6 to 10 minutes, depending upon the power of your microwave.
In the meantime, in a large skillet melt the schmaltz over medium low heat. Add the garlic cloves and sauté until the cloves are golden brown. Add the steamed green beans to the garlic butter and toss to coat the green beans thoroughly. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.
Note: If you stop cooking the green beans just before they are tender enough, you can complete the dish ahead of time and then just reheat at serving time.
Holiday Green Beans
2 3/4 lbs green beans - trimmed; strings removed
1 Tbsp butter
3 Tbsp heavy cream
3 Tbsp finely chopped mushrooms - your variety choice
¼ cup walnuts, coarsly chopped
2 ½ Tbsp scallions - freshly chopped
Salt to taste
Garlic to taste
3 slices bacon - cooked and crumbled
In a 4 ½ quart saucepan, bring 2 quarts of water to a rolling boil. Add green beans. When the water returns to a boil, cook green beans for 5 minutes. Drain water from beans. Set aside. In the same saucepan, add butter, cream, walnuts, scallions, garlic and salt. Heat to a small boil, stirring constantly. Heat until slightly thick. Return beans to pan and heat thoroughly. Top with bacon just before serving.
To add a bit of Christmas color, if desired, sprinkle a few chopped pimientos on top around the bacon. It adds only an extra trace of carbs.
Makes 8 Servings. 3 carbs per serving.
Low Carb Luxury: Recipe - Holiday Green Beans
Baked Tofu with Green Beans
Recipe By: Kim Le: Asian Vegan Cooking (c) 2003 Serving Size: 4
½ pound green beans -- cut in 1.5 inch pieces
1 cup baked tofu cubes
½ cup water
1 Tbsp canola oil
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 dash black pepper
¼ cup fresh cilantro -- for garnish
In a large skillet, heat water to boiling; add beans and tofu. Stirfry 10 minutes, add soy, pepper and oil and cook another 2 minutes. Beans should be done but still crunchy. Garnish with cilantro and serve with rice or potato substitute.
Baked tofu is sold, seasoned or plain, in deli sections.
TO BAKE tofu at home, place ½ inch thick slices of firm tofu on a sheet and bake at 350F for 20 minutes or until golden yellow in color.
Green Bean Dish
3 slices bacon snipped small and fried
One container or half - of mushrooms, sliced and added to bacon while frying
½ med onion, chopped and fried with the bacon
1-2 lbs fresh green beans - (frozen would be fine), cooked to tender in a little water add the bacon, mushrooms, and onion to the beans after frying - you can drain away the grease first. Continue simmering on med to low, stirring, then add cream - about ½ cup and stir to get flavors combined. Adjust cooking time and sauce by what result you are looking for. Adjust salt to taste, after combining. I received compliments on this dish on Thanksgiving, but the best part was, it was totally legal for me!
Green Bean Casserole
Fat-Free Holiday Recipes (Sandra Woodruff, RD)
Serving Size: 12 Preparation Time:1:10
1 7/8 lb green beans -- trim cross cut
1 can cream of mushroom soup, condensed
½ cup sour cream
¼ tsp ground black pepper
1 ½ med onion -- thinly sliced separated into rings
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp pork cracklings -- crushed
In a large bowl, combine the green beans, mushroom soup, sour cream and pepper, and toss gently to mix.
Coat a 2-quart 2 litre casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place the green bean mixture in the dish, and arrange the onion rings over the top. Combine the Parmesan cheese and cracklings in a small bowl, and sprinkle over the onions.
Bake at 350°F-180°C for 50 minutes, or until the green bean mixture is bubbly and the top is lightly browned. Serve hot.
Makes 12 (½ cup) servings.
S(MC formatted in 2000 by): "hdeacey1@sympatico.ca (Nov. 11, 2000)"
Per Serving: 93 Calories; 6g Fat (52.9% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 8mg Cholesterol; 286mg Sodium
NOTES: The AUSSIE Low Carb Gourmet Tony Blakemore Nov. 2000
Oven Green Beans
1 lb green beans, washed and tipped
canola or vegetable oil (not olive, it burns)
course sea salt (not table salt)
fresh black pepper
Preheat oven to 350. Toss the beans with enough oil to coat them. Spread them out on a cookie sheet and sprinkle sea salt and pepper on them to taste. A little extra salt is okay. Bake them for about 15 mins, turning occasionally until lightly browned and crispy.
I'm sure a garlic or herb flavoured oil would be excellent too.
Fried Green Beans
1 lb. Bag frozen green beans, French cut
1 large spoonful bacon grease
Cracked pepper
Melt grease in lg. Skillet. Add green beans and spread out as much as possible.
'Fry' until starts to brown. Add pepper, serve. Almost burning it gives it a great flavor.
From: Willowbas Serves 4
1 pound fresh green beans, cleaned, trimmed, and cut into ½-inch pieces
½ cup chicken broth
¼ cup schmaltz
3 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper (to taste)
In the microwave, steam the green beans in the chicken broth until they are just crisp tender. This will take between 6 to 10 minutes, depending upon the power of your microwave.
In the meantime, in a large skillet melt the schmaltz over medium low heat. Add the garlic cloves and sauté until the cloves are golden brown. Add the steamed green beans to the garlic butter and toss to coat the green beans thoroughly. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.
Note: If you stop cooking the green beans just before they are tender enough, you can complete the dish ahead of time and then just reheat at serving time.
Holiday Green Beans
2 3/4 lbs green beans - trimmed; strings removed
1 Tbsp butter
3 Tbsp heavy cream
3 Tbsp finely chopped mushrooms - your variety choice
¼ cup walnuts, coarsly chopped
2 ½ Tbsp scallions - freshly chopped
Salt to taste
Garlic to taste
3 slices bacon - cooked and crumbled
In a 4 ½ quart saucepan, bring 2 quarts of water to a rolling boil. Add green beans. When the water returns to a boil, cook green beans for 5 minutes. Drain water from beans. Set aside. In the same saucepan, add butter, cream, walnuts, scallions, garlic and salt. Heat to a small boil, stirring constantly. Heat until slightly thick. Return beans to pan and heat thoroughly. Top with bacon just before serving.
To add a bit of Christmas color, if desired, sprinkle a few chopped pimientos on top around the bacon. It adds only an extra trace of carbs.
Makes 8 Servings. 3 carbs per serving.
Low Carb Luxury: Recipe - Holiday Green Beans
Baked Tofu with Green Beans
Recipe By: Kim Le: Asian Vegan Cooking (c) 2003 Serving Size: 4
½ pound green beans -- cut in 1.5 inch pieces
1 cup baked tofu cubes
½ cup water
1 Tbsp canola oil
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 dash black pepper
¼ cup fresh cilantro -- for garnish
In a large skillet, heat water to boiling; add beans and tofu. Stirfry 10 minutes, add soy, pepper and oil and cook another 2 minutes. Beans should be done but still crunchy. Garnish with cilantro and serve with rice or potato substitute.
Baked tofu is sold, seasoned or plain, in deli sections.
TO BAKE tofu at home, place ½ inch thick slices of firm tofu on a sheet and bake at 350F for 20 minutes or until golden yellow in color.
Green Bean Dish
3 slices bacon snipped small and fried
One container or half - of mushrooms, sliced and added to bacon while frying
½ med onion, chopped and fried with the bacon
1-2 lbs fresh green beans - (frozen would be fine), cooked to tender in a little water add the bacon, mushrooms, and onion to the beans after frying - you can drain away the grease first. Continue simmering on med to low, stirring, then add cream - about ½ cup and stir to get flavors combined. Adjust cooking time and sauce by what result you are looking for. Adjust salt to taste, after combining. I received compliments on this dish on Thanksgiving, but the best part was, it was totally legal for me!
Green Bean Casserole
Fat-Free Holiday Recipes (Sandra Woodruff, RD)
Serving Size: 12 Preparation Time:1:10
1 7/8 lb green beans -- trim cross cut
1 can cream of mushroom soup, condensed
½ cup sour cream
¼ tsp ground black pepper
1 ½ med onion -- thinly sliced separated into rings
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp pork cracklings -- crushed
In a large bowl, combine the green beans, mushroom soup, sour cream and pepper, and toss gently to mix.
Coat a 2-quart 2 litre casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place the green bean mixture in the dish, and arrange the onion rings over the top. Combine the Parmesan cheese and cracklings in a small bowl, and sprinkle over the onions.
Bake at 350°F-180°C for 50 minutes, or until the green bean mixture is bubbly and the top is lightly browned. Serve hot.
Makes 12 (½ cup) servings.
S(MC formatted in 2000 by): "hdeacey1@sympatico.ca (Nov. 11, 2000)"
Per Serving: 93 Calories; 6g Fat (52.9% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 8mg Cholesterol; 286mg Sodium
NOTES: The AUSSIE Low Carb Gourmet Tony Blakemore Nov. 2000
Oven Green Beans
1 lb green beans, washed and tipped
canola or vegetable oil (not olive, it burns)
course sea salt (not table salt)
fresh black pepper
Preheat oven to 350. Toss the beans with enough oil to coat them. Spread them out on a cookie sheet and sprinkle sea salt and pepper on them to taste. A little extra salt is okay. Bake them for about 15 mins, turning occasionally until lightly browned and crispy.
I'm sure a garlic or herb flavoured oil would be excellent too.
Fried Green Beans
1 lb. Bag frozen green beans, French cut
1 large spoonful bacon grease
Cracked pepper
Melt grease in lg. Skillet. Add green beans and spread out as much as possible.
'Fry' until starts to brown. Add pepper, serve. Almost burning it gives it a great flavor.