I have discovered the solution to my green bean hatred

[lauren grier]

<warning this may sound gross>

we need to go to the market like.. yesterday, so all we have left for veggies is green beans-- which I loath. So.. I was making ce's dinner .. peanut butter chicken & green beans.. obviously I don't eat the chicken part.. but thought eh.. let's try some PB on my GB's.. (don't ask how my brain went there.. it may have been the PB Squid comment in the korean food thread LOL).. anyways.. PB, green beans, a pinch of salt....................... and I could eat green beans all day. Soooo much better than anything else I've ever tried to drown them in, and it didn't require a flood on my plate either. Woot.. Mez happy.. even got my protein in without having to make a whole new meal LOL.

[Nikki Epperson]

Um, yeah. Yuck.

But whatever works, right???

[jessica31876]

Imguessing that since you are a vegetarian you would not like the way we make green beans in the south. Yours doesnt sound to bad though. I saw a chef making P.B. chicken on PBS the other day too. It looked really yummy

[lauren grier]

lol what do you do .. stuff the lil guys with ground beef? haha

ce loves pb chicken :) it at least smells better than blah chicken cooking haha.

[meems]

i love peanut butter sauce on things like chicken, broccoli, green beans. but I don't know about straight pb.

I also like plain green beans. I think of them as green fries LOL.

[lauren grier]

lmao well it got all hot and .. sauce like. :D what is this PB sauce you speak of.. this may be a better idea LOL.

[Libby Pritchett]

You are a strange strange duck.

[meems]

lmao well it got all hot and .. sauce like. :D what is this PB sauce you speak of.. this may be a better idea LOL.
tis a recipe from Jane Brody cookbook . . . involves garlic, soy sauce, bit of sugar . . . i will have to hunt down for you (i.e., get off but and look in cookbook)

[Di-ahh]

Ok if you are a veggie then ignore this....

BACON!! Lots and lots of crispy BACON! and cheese sauce, and bread crumbs and bake them and then pick out the green beans!

Although I do like Green beans Almondine, with fresh string beans and almonds sauted in butter, but not those vile in the can things.

[Brooke W]

lol what do you do .. stuff the lil guys with ground beef? haha

ce loves pb chicken :) it at least smells better than blah chicken cooking haha.

No, m'dear, you cook em with BACON (yummmmmmmmmmmmmmy!):w00t:

[Nettio]

Glad I could be of help with the peanut butter squid. :D

[MandaBean]

In the south..ham hocks, am I right southern girls??? LOL

[jessica31876]

yes hamhocks or bacon...

[jessica31876]

two recipes:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1850,146162-255203,00.html

http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1750,145170-246207,00.html

[Brooke W]

Manda, my southern bred family (tho in southern ohio, both sets of families) they use ham or bacon. My one great grandmother on my mom's side came from Alabama. But hamhocks are in the same family :D . Boy do I love fresh green beans with bacon and of course, little red potatoes in em too.

[meems]

Peanut Sauce recipe from Jane Brody

1/3 cup hot water
1/3 cup smooth peanut butter (all natural is better)
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp rice vinegar (I suppose regular vinegar would be OK)
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
1 tsp sugar
opt: 1/4 tsp hot red pepper flakes (or more depending on taste)

Blend hot water and peanut butter. Then add everything else and mix well.
Jane serves this over noodles. It is good with chicken, broccoli, rice and even green beans. :D she also adds scallions. but i never have those.

[Teresa]

PB and green beans!? Wow...not a combination I would have EVER tried. :)

Now green beans cooked in bacon grease- yummy flavoring. Thanksgiving dinner, here I come!!

[Voodoo_Bryn]

I have to cover Yorick's in cream of mushroom soup and top it with french fried onions. I have a weird kid.

[BrattyMeg]

I have to cover Yorick's in cream of mushroom soup and top it with french fried onions. I have a weird kid.

that's how you make green bean casserole

PB sauce is HUGE in Thai food!! I love thai food :) You'd like Thai veggies Lauren..hot and spicy pb sauce yummmmy

[lauren grier]

I do love thai food.. LOL why is PB sauce not something I am familiar with . .oye. I will have to try that recipe :) thanks mimiiiiiii:)

and yes bryn.. LOL that is green bean casserole! lol..

[Voodoo_Bryn]

I know that's why I said it... but neither he nor I have the patience to put it in the oven. So he gets the stovetop version.

[Angie4b1g]

You are a strange strange duck.

Agreed.

[breakingbrie]

lol what do you do .. stuff the lil guys with ground beef? haha

:D OMG, this had me busting out laughing! LOL. I don't know why, I'm tired I guess, but I can't stop.

[mommy2aria06]

Sorry but the mental image here has me lmao

[LibbysMommy]

Mmmm I love green beans. I'll eat them pretty much any way they're prepared...well maybe except with peanut butter....my fave is cooked with bacon!! :)

[jocelinsmommy]

In the south..ham hocks, am I right southern girls??? LOL

Oh so right manda :D

[Traci Reed]

I looooove any form of greenbeans..except cooked with bacon..ICK. Bad bad louisiana roots..I'm a disgrace!

Green bean casserole is yum but I use cream of chicken and it's sooo much better. I never tell anyone my secret and they all make me cook it year after year....lmao

[rach3975]

I'm with La--bring on the meatless veggies! At first I thought you were dipping raw green beans in pb, and I thought...well, maybe. But now I'm getting the impression they were cooked. Seems like an unusual combo, but whatever works! And truthfully, how could anything in pb not be good? (On a side note, I find it so hard to come up with meat meals for the kids and vegetarian meals for me without making 2 completely different meals. We end up eating a lot of pasta...)

[lauren grier]

lol luckily for me ce does eat a lot of veg meals.. but I try to cook him meat at least a couple of times a week (he does LIKE meat, and I don't want to deprive the kid.. LOL whenever we make the grocery list he's like "make s ure you buy MEAT mom... I want MEAT! haha).

[FireWolf]

peanut sauce is something my DH is addicted to...seriously...try the green beans in peanut sauce over rice...yummy....of course we add a bit of hamburger to it, but you are vegetarian so maybe some tofu?

[lizzyfizzy]

that is so freaking gross. gotta try it.

[EveRecinella]

That sounds strangely good! I am not a huge fan of green beans, though I do LOVE those french type green beans that come in a can. lol

[meems]

peanut sauce is something my DH is addicted to...seriously...try the green beans in peanut sauce over rice...yummy....of course we add a bit of hamburger to it, but you are vegetarian so maybe some tofu?peanut sauce is very yum with tofu!