Garlic Beans Three Ways

Ingredients of Garlic Beans Three Ways

1 lb Fresh green beans

4 ts Butter

1 cl Garlic

Method of Garlic Beans Three Ways

Wash and prepare beans. Place in a saucepan of boiling water; cook for 4 to 6 minutes, until tender-crisp. Drain beans in a sieve.

Quickly place pan back on low heat. Add butter, melt. Add garlic; then beans. Toss. Serves: 4 To Prepare beans early in day, drain beans after boiling; quickly cool under cold water. Drain again and pat dry. At serving time, melt butter in a fry pan.

Add garlic, then beans and cook only until beans are hot. Add either or both of the following: 4 slices bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled. 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@msn.com Source: Good Friends Cookbook. Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Cindy Hartlin" on Aug 9, 1998