Turkish Green Beans
"Like I mentioned in my Bio, my mom wrote a cookbook back in 1984. It was a combination cookbook/biography. I have my own copy which is a really good thing - sad to say my mom doesn't cook anymore. Anyway, this is ONE of my many favorites that I make ALL the time. I don't mess with this recipe because you just don't mess with perfection!!!"
photo by Karen Elizabeth
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 3 onions, cut into cresents
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1⁄2 lbs green beans
- 3 large ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 cup water
- 3 large potatoes, cut into chunks
- salt and pepper
directions
- Saute onions in olive oil until golden.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Cover and cook on low to med heat, stirring occasionally until veggies are tender.
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Reviews
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So very simple, healthy, easy to prepare, full of natural flavour! I did use a 410 gr can of tomatoes, since I didn't have any fresh, so counted the juice as my cup of tomato sauce, and added a tblsp of tomato paste instead. I used this as a side-dish to chicken schnitzel for the family, although I very happily had this as my main. Thank you Daniele, lovely recipe! Made for My-3-Chefs, November 2008
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So very simple, healthy, easy to prepare, full of natural flavour! I did use a 410 gr can of tomatoes, since I didn't have any fresh, so counted the juice as my cup of tomato sauce, and added a tblsp of tomato paste instead. I used this as a side-dish to chicken schnitzel for the family, although I very happily had this as my main. Thank you Daniele, lovely recipe! Made for My-3-Chefs, November 2008
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Daniele1969
Rockville, MD
I live in Rockville, MD which is 20 minutes north of Washington DC. I love to cook, read, go bike riding with my Hubby, Salsa dancing with Hubby, cook out with all our friends and travel. My favorite cookbook is one my mother wrote, From My Grandmother's Kitchen by Viviane Miner. It is a Safardic cookbook and has every single recipe my mother has ever made. I used to have a BIG black cat named Danzig, but he passed away the summer of 2005. We now have 2 cats, a calico who is mostly white (AH! White hair everywhere)and a black and white "Tuxedo" cat (He looks like he's wearing black tuxedo tails) They're names...Lilo and Stitch! And as pet-peeves go - why can't people use the ear piece for their cell phones when driving their cars?!
I was never really into cooking when I was younger. Even when I was just out of college, I was living on Can openers and Mircowaves. I don't even know when the change happened. All of a sudden, I wanted to cook. I wanted to bring joy to everyone'e mouths. I wanted to be.....a chef. Well, I've come a long way from the can opener; I put it down and just never looked back. Now the microwave is just a big defroster and I use the can opener occasionally (hey, friends are friends! Just because I grew doesn't mean I had to completely dump my old friends. Right?).
