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Simple Green Bean & Tomato Saute

This is a super easy side dish that is full of fresh, summer flavors. For some reason, I just can’t get enough fresh green beans this year. They’re just so good and so simple to prepare. Plus, we all love them no matter how they are prepared.

The inspiration for this dish came from my friend Nancy’s post on kids and veggies. (Check out that beautiful picture of her similar dish!)

Simple Green Beans & Tomato Saute

2 T. olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb. fresh green beans, trimmed and cut into bite size pieces
1/4 lb tomatoes, cut into bite sized pieces
2 T. fresh dill (or 1 t. dried dill)
Salt and pepper, to taste

1. Heat olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and green beans. Cook for 3 minutes, reduce heat, cover and cook an additional 6-8 minutes, until green beans are tender but still a little crispy.

2. Add the tomatoes, dill and salt & pepper. Cook an additional minute until tomatoes are heated through. Serve hot or at room temperature.

What fresh fruit or veggie is your family enjoying this summer? As much as I’m loving the green beans, I can’t wait for fresh corn season! It’s a little late this year.

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Oven Roasted Green Beans

This super simple side dish just screams Spring. (And it’s alliterative too.) I love fresh green beans and I always make sure we get our fill throughout spring and summer. When prepared this way, they make as tasty a snack as they do a side dish. I should know; I snack on them a lot! According to my oldest, these taste like green bean french fries.

Oven Roasted Green Beans

1 lb. fresh green beans, rinsed and trimmed
1 1/2 T. olive oil, divided
2 t. salt, preferably coarse sea salt
1 t. black pepper
1 t. Italian seasoning

1. Place the green beans in large mixing bowl and toss with 1 T. olive oil and seasonings. Set aside.

2. Heat oven and cookie sheet to 375 degrees. Remove cookie sheet from oven and drizzle with remaining 1/2 T. olive oil. Pour green beans onto cookie sheet and spread out so that they are in an even layer. Bake for 5 minutes. Flip green beans and return to oven for about 10 more minutes.