Lemon Walnut Green Beans

Submitted by AcadiaTwo

"This recipe was in a Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ mailer. It sounds good however, I haven't tried it yet. I cut the original recipe in half."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 cups green beans (chopped into 1-inch segments)
• cooking spray
• 1 cup green onion (sliced)
• 1⁄4 cup walnut pieces
• 1 1⁄4 tablespoons rosemary (fresh)
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest

directions

1. Cover and steam green beans in steamer basket over boiling water for 8-12 minutes.
2. Plunge beans in cold water to stop cooking process.
3. Spray a skillet with cooking spray.
4. On medium-high heat saute green onions until tender.
5. Add green beans, walnuts, rosemary and lemon juice.
6. Cook until everything is thoroughly heated.
7. Place is a serving dish and garnish with lemon zest.

Reviews

[Mayas Mama]

This was pretty good. I didn't want the rosemary or lemon to be too strong. So i put in one "twig" of rosemary whole, during the cooking, and took it out after. so that the beens have a hint of rosemary. Also I left out the lemon zest I felt this would make it too lemony. The dish came out pretty good. If I make it again, i think i'll use different flavors, but this is a very nice technique for cooking green beans.

 

[Debbie R.]

I would have gone with no-stars because I don't think I can rate this one, but I can't seem to get the no-star review to post. Therefore, I'll go with this format. I think my rosemary may have ruined this dish--either that or I don't like the taste of rosemary in green beans with lemon. It tasted musty. I would suspect the herb, but it looked fine when I took it out of the package so I don't know. I'd suggest toasting the walnuts first as a way to enhance their flavor. It's a very pretty dish, and the lemon juice gave a nice, fresh flavor to the beans.