Green Beans Almondine Recipe

Green Beans Almondine Recipe

Susan is back with another great side dish:  Green Beans Almondine!

My husband has recently been in Ecuador on business and I might say, enjoying the Pacific Ocean.  I didn’t do much cooking while he was gone, which means that I didn’t get many vegetables. 

So, one night, I just really needed something green.  I bought a big bunch of fresh green beans and decided to “church them up”. 

That is all I had for dinner that night and I might say that they were delicious….even though I do say so myself.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of Water
• 2 cups fresh green beans
• 2 tsp chicken base or 2 boullion cubes
• 1 1/4 tsp lemon pepper
• 1 1/4 tsp garlic pepper
• 1 oz of raw almonds
• 1 tsp of Brummel and Brown Spread made with Yogurt or Promise Buttery Spread

Directions:

Rough chop and toast the raw almonds in a dry skillet for about 2 minutes. 

When you can smell them, turn off the heat.  You do not want to burn them!

Boil the water with the bouillon cubes, 1 tsp of the lemon pepper and 1 tsp of the garlic powder. 

Add the green beans to the boiling water and set your timer for 5 minutes.  Check them after that time and see if they are done to your taste.

In a bowl, put a tsp of the healthy buttery spread. 

With tongs, remove the green beans from the water and put on top of the butter to melt it. 

Add another 1/4 tsp of the garlic and lemon pepper and mix. 

I served my green beans to myself in a beautiful silver bowl, just to be festive.