You'll need whole, fresh green beans. My local farm market yielded these lovelies this week. ~
Wash the beans and snap the vine ends off. Bring them to a boil in water and cook for 3-4 minutes, until easily pierced with a fork but still el dente. ~
Drain and plunge the beans into an ice water bath to stop the cooking action. That's the prep all done. These stay nice and crunchy in the fridge overnight.
Heat olive oil, crushed garlic, salt and pepper in a frying pan. I've added some basil to the oil because I think just about everything tastes better with basil in it! Toast slivered almonds in the oil. ~
It will only take a minute or two for the slivered almonds to become a lovely, golden brown. ~
Toss the beans in the pan, stir to coat in oil and heat through. At medium heat, they will be ready to plate up in 2 - 4 minutes.
It's a quick, easy and colourful addition to any festive meal! ~
Don't you just feel like you are in a French bistro looking at that plate? sigh
I'm sharing this with Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop, The HomeAcre Hop, Freaking Awesome Fridays, From The Farm Blog Hop
Yum if you have any more make ahead sides let me know I hate cooking hot stuff Christmas Day (yes already starting Christmas planning) pinned!
ReplyDeleteThese do look good. Thanks for the recipe.
ReplyDeleteI've made these beans, only not with the basil...a nice twist I'll be trying soon! Thanks for the hot tip! xo wendy
ReplyDeletedelicious, and one of my very favorite things xo
ReplyDeleteFor some reason all our green beans (from the markets) have rust spots on them. Not very appetizing, but I guess frozen would be the next best thing. Cathy
ReplyDeleteMan I love a good green bean!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, I'd like to offer you a job at my café, you're always full of yummy ideas !
ReplyDeleteI had green beans yesterday! Not sauteed, but boiled, since hubby fried the white fish in butter.
ReplyDeleteLove green beans - gotto have it at least once a week:)
Looks so good Maureen. I will try that sometime.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Audrey Z. @ Timeless Treasures
Ha! And I was looking for a green bean recipe yesterday. This one sounds great. Bookmarked it! Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteI have never sauteed green beans and these look wonderful! Love that you can do it ahead of time too! The addition of basil sounds lovely. Yes, I'm with Mel...give us more do ahead stuff please?
ReplyDeleteyou definitely had me when you threw in the almonds! Will try most definitely! xo
ReplyDeleteGreen beans are my favorite! I'm trying this one soon. Thanks for sharing Maureen. Dee from My Painted Stuff
ReplyDeleteMaureen,
ReplyDeleteThey sound really good. I'm going to have to give this a try.
These beans look delicious and the recipe is so simple! I can just taste the garlicky yumminess of it all.
ReplyDeleteI thought that cooking green beans was a lot more complicated than that...thanks for sharing that recipe with us. It does look easy and so pretty too.
ReplyDeleteThank you for showing how easy it is to make "real" food. I'll be featuring your post on this week's HomeAcre Hop. Stop by and pick up a Featured button!
ReplyDeleteKathi @ http://www.oakhillhomestead.com