Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Roasted Green Beans with Lemon Zest and Fresh Garlic

I haven't forgotten about this blog. I'm just way too busy.

It's much easier for me to type out a recipe than hand write it in my recipe book. So this is where I store 'the good ones' until I get around to recording them.

Tonight, I made the best green beans I've ever eaten. It's not anything fancy or complicated.  I'm sure there are versions of this recipe floating around all over the Internet.


We ate the beans too fast for me to take a picture.
Here is what was left.

Ingredients:

  • Frozen Green Beans (Fresh would have been better)
  • 1 T (or so...)Olive Oil 
  • 3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
  • Zest from 1 Lemon
  • Salt (to taste)
How to Cook:
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  • Spread green beans evenly over baking sheet.
  • drizzle olive oil over beans, try to get them all (you could toss the beans with the oil in a bowl before)
  • sprinkle minced garlic, lemon zest and salt over the beans (as evenly as possible)
  • Roast 30 min for frozen beans (a little less for fresh) 
Roasting vegetables is one of my new favorite ways to cook them. Just be careful and don't use too much olive oil. It is good for you, but it's high in calories.

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