Green Beans
Green Beans are the vegetable for my first post with the cooking group, Good Friends Good Food (GFGF). I am afraid it is rather late because we were traveling when it was due. However, GFGF is a very flexible group, which I like very much. So, you just post a recipe of your choosing every two weeks. The only requirement is you must include the assigned vegetable for the week in your recipe.
My Recipe this Week
My dish is a modification of one I have occasionally used for holidays. The original recipe was obtained from my bosses’ wife more than thirty years ago. The original was good, but way bad for you. I must say, my scaled-down version is still not especially healthy because it has bacon, that delicious, yet bad for you meat. But, you might want to limit this dish to special occasions.
Recipe, Green Beans Almondine
Ingredients
1 lb Fresh Green Beans (or 3 cans)
3 Strips Bacon
4 Tbsp Sugar
4 Tbsp Vinegar
3 Tbsp Slivered Almonds
Salt to taste
Directions
If using fresh beans, remove ends and strings; wash. Cook beans in a small amount of boiling salted water covered for 20-25 minutes or until crisp tender. Drain and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cook bacon until crisp. Crumble and reserve 2 Tbsp of drippings. Stir sugar and vinegar into reserved drippings. After that, add the crumbled bacon to the dripping mixture.
Next, layer 1/2 the beans, bacon mixture, and almonds in a casserole dish and then repeat with remaining half.
Bake 35 minutes, uncovered.
The Results
It felt like a holiday having this somewhat decadent dish on a weekday. I haven’t actually served it in about ten years, but remembered it was good. Actually, it was quite delicious. The bacon remained crispy and the almonds were nicely toasted. Also, the beans had a nice sweet/sour flavor. My husband said, “I could eat this every day.” I told him that he should not expect that because it has too many calories and is too much work.
GFGF Recipe Links
Kayte’s Green Beans with Bacon and Onion
Margaret’s German Green Bean Salad
Peggy’s Not Your Granny’s Green Bean Salad
Ulreke’s Baked Green Beans with Olives
In conclusion, more vegetable posts will be upcoming to my new page, Vegetables with Good Friends, Good Food .
Happy Cooking Y’all!
Great combination of green beans, almond and .. bacon.
I think it sound not like many calories and a lot of work 😉
Lol, I get that Ulrike.
Donna these look delicious! I love the combination of beans and almonds!
Thanks Peggy!
This sounds wonderful and green beans bacon almonds such a winning combination. I will try this one soon. Yes…we are definitely a laid back crew as we all seem to be going every which way these days.
I can already tell it’s going to be a fun group.
That looks tasty. I love green beans with almonds.
Thanks Margaret!