This is so simple and so good!
Chive Green Beans
Karry Hosford
Leave green beans whole for a restaurant-caliber look. Or try this recipe with other vegetables, such as steamed carrots or fresh asparagus. This dish is a good example of how you should consider grams of fat as well as the percentage of calories from fat, which here is more than 30%. Yet the 1.9 grams of fat in the recipe is low.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 3/4 cup)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 53
- Calories from fat: 32%
- Fat: 1.9g
- Saturated fat: 1.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.6g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.1g
- Protein: 1.5g
- Carbohydrate: 7.1g
- Fiber: 4.2g
- Cholesterol: 5mg
- Iron: 0.6mg
- Sodium: 175mg
- Calcium: 58mg
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon stone-ground mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
Preparation
- Steam green beans, covered, 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove from steamer; toss with remaining ingredients.
Note:
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Chive Green Beans Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Side Dishes/Vegetables
- CONVENIENCE: Quick/Easy, 5 Ingredients or Less
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Meatless
- COOKING METHOD: Steam
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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