Green Beans and Peas

[strmywthr3]

Lots of beans ready to pick lately. I've come across a couple of good recipes for using them. anyone else have any?

[strmywthr3]

Impossible Green Bean Pie
8 oz fresh green beans, cut lengthwise into strips
1 1/2 cups milk
4 oz can mushrooms, stems and pieces, drained
3/4 cup Bisquick Baking Mix
1/2 cup onion, chopped
3 eggs
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp salt
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1/4 tsp pepper

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 10 inch pie plate. Heat beans and 1 inch salted water (1/2 teaspoon salt to 1 cup water) to boiling. Cook uncovered 5 minutes. Cover and cook until tender, 5 to 10 minutes; drain. Mix beans, mushrooms, onion, garlic and cheese in plate. Beat remaining ingredients until smooth, 15 seconds in blender on high or 1 minute with hand beater. Pour into plate.

Bake until knife inserted between center and edge comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 5 minutes.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.

[strmywthr3]

These have a nice nutty flavor. I will definitely be making them again!

preheat oven to 450.

wash, drain and dry green beans (I used a mix of purple, flat pod and yellow wax).
snap off ends.
cover cookie sheet with foil (makes for easy clean up)
scatter beans on sheet in a single layer
drizzle with olive oil and salt (I used seasoned salt)
toss to make sure they are coated
bake 10 mins, turn over (as best you can)
bake 10-12 mins more.

yummy!!

[spyfferoni]

Those beans look sooo good. Mine are just starting to blossom here. The heat is hard on them I think.

Tyff

[JimmyWu]

An old Penn/Dutch recipe...

-Ham
-G.beans
-potatoes

In a pot add cured ham, salty or not. cover w/ water or stock. Season w/s&p, maybe a little thyme that's just me. Simmer for @11/2 hours, till falling off the bone tender.

Add beans potatoes, serve when tender.

Like alot of dishes... this one is truly comfort food the next day when the beans and potatoes are falling apart.

-Jimmy

[duajones]

I think this might have been discussed before but I couldnt find it. What is your favorite recipe for fresh green beans?

[Moonglow]

stir-fried with black bean garlic sauce .

[shelleybean]

I like them blanched and then sauteed with bacon and onions. I like cold leftover green beans in a salad with sliced tomatoes and chopped shallots with a vinaigrette.

[coronabarb]

There's a Rachael Ray recipe that calls for simmering them in apple juice...can't remember right now what else was in it, but they were so good.

[veggie babe]

boiled with plenty of fat back!!!!!!!!!!!
neva

[Penny]

Originally Posted by coronabarb

There's a Rachael Ray recipe that calls for simmering them in apple juice...can't remember right now what else was in it, but they were so good.

This one has me curious, sounds good

[lumierefrere]

Hermit Salad

I can't give you measurements. You can figure it out what you need.

Have a boiled potato. Cut into bite size pieces. Cook the green beans until just tender. While they're cooking slice an onion very thin. Use as much onion as you like but a little goes a long way and you don't want to overwhelm the other delicate flavors. Chop a clove of garlic--again as much as you like. In a bowl (I prefer a baking dish as it's flat and everything gets coated more easily) you figure will hold everything add the onions, garlic, a couple tablespoons of olive oil, some lemon juice or cider vinegar or rice wine vinegar, add some chopped basil and parsley. Add some fresh mozzarella in bite size pieces. If you have a good tomato, you may add that--no rule prohibiting that. Salt and pepper to taste. You might want to add a pinch of sugar. Let the green beans cool as the other ingredients are marinating. Gently combine the beans and the potatoes with the other ingredients. Refrigerate until cool.

[feldon30]

Put the beans into a large Pyrex measuring cup or glass bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for 3 minutes. I shake the beans halfway through so they get evenly cooked.

Meanwhile I get a skillet going with some olive oil and a little butter (or I suppose you could fry some bacon ).

I drain off any water from the beans and dump them out in the hot skillet. It should sizzle when the beans hit the pan. Add a little salt and pepper and toss the beans every 20-30 seconds or so so they get a little bit of color on the outside.


At restaurants, there seems to be 2 choices. Boiled beans which are mushy. And practically raw beans. I like somewhere in between, with some bite to them, but not crunchy like a raw carrot. I think one of my favorite things about cooking at home is serving vegetables which are just slightly crunchy.

[Mischka]

Originally Posted by feldon30

At restaurants, there seems to be 2 choices. Boiled beans which are mushy. And practically raw beans. I like somewhere in between, with some bite to them, but not crunchy like a raw carrot. I think one of my favorite things about cooking at home is serving vegetables which are just slightly crunchy.

I am in total agreement with you, Morgan. I like them al dente, which seems to be the stage that most restuarants cannot serve green or yellow beans. They either hold them on the steam table far too long or barely warm them through and through; essentially still raw.

I heat my cast iron skillet to medium-high, add a few strips of bacon, toss the beans in, add some fresh ground black pepper and cook them for about 7-8 minutes or until the beans wilt but aren't cooked into oblivion.

Once you taste them prepared like this, you'll never want them any other way. The Southerners may have lost the war but they sure beat the pants off us Yanks when it comes to cooking vegetables!

[Barbee]

Feldon that sounds good! Can't wait to try it. And yeah, the bacon fat would be darn good. Smokey Maple Bacon LoL