Green Beans

Green Bean Casserole

Green bean casserole is inherently good, and it can be whatever you want it to be. This is what I want it to be: a skillet of sauteed green beans, caramelized onions and beautifully browned mushrooms barely coated in a creamy gravy topped with French’s Onions from the container.

Spicy Green Beans with Lemon and Garlic

If you’re going to skip a salad, at least you have these green beans. They’re long-ish cooked till tender, but never lose their vibrant punchiness thanks to a not-insignificant amount of lemon* and garlic (sliced and cooked with the beans then finely chopped added raw at the end).

Blanched Green Beans with Scallion and Soy

This is the best season for green beans, and I’ll be making them every opportunity I get. These ones are great for a summer barbecue or dinner party, as they only get better the longer they sit in their tangy, soy sauce-y bath,

Frizzled Green Beans, Mushrooms and Onions

This is a perfect side dish, IMO. It’s savory, deeply flavorful, and really lets the vegetables shine.

Green Beans and Greens With Fried Shallots

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Beans with Beans

Eat with a very good piece of oil poached tuna with aioli to match, grilled meats (especially lamb), fresh sliced and salted tomatoes, some very cold, orange-y wine.

New Shrimp Louie (Poached Shrimp Salad)

In this spirit of classics like shrimp Louie or niçoise salad, this is a fairly basic, highly customizable salad-for-dinner deal that can mostly be cooked in the same pot of boiling water.