Foodie Friday: Steamed Green Beans

 

            When I was little (like a lot of kids, I’m sure) I hated vegetables. Back in those pre-school days, my mom cleaned house for an older lady in town, and I often went with her when she cleaned. I’d watch game shows while Mom worked, and somehow, in those visits, the lady she cleaned for found out about my distaste for vegetables. She sent me home with a jar of fresh, homemade buttermilk ranch dressing, and suddenly, vegetables were my best friend. I had a few green beans with my vat of dressing – willingly!

            While I would dearly love to still drown my veggies in buttermilk dressing, I’ve backed off on that practice and trained myself to actually like green beans. It’s one of the things I grow in our garden, so we’ve been eating more of them lately. When it’s not garden season, I purchase frozen beans and have learned that steaming them is my favorite way to prepare them.

            So today I thought I’d share with you how I like to prepare green beans, and if you want to add a gallon of buttermilk ranch to enhance them, you just feel free. 😉

Steamed Green Beans

4 Cups Fresh or Frozen Green Beans
2 Cups Water
½ Cup Diced Onion
2 Tablespoons Ghee
1 Teaspoon Seasoned Salt

Place water in skillet that has a steamer pan fitted to it. Place the green beans and diced onions in the steamer pan, cover, and steam anywhere from 5-15 minutes, depending on how crisp or tender you wish the beans to be. Put ghee in bowl, add beans and onions, and sprinkle seasoned salt over the top. Combine well and serve.

           We use Green Pan cookware, and the skillet in the set came with a steamer pan. I didn't use it for about the first year we owned it, but now I use it all the time. You could use another veggie steamer if you have one!

            If you don’t like ghee, you can use butter – or you can omit that part entirely. I just like the extra flavor it gives.

            We love adding green beans as an easy side for chicken or fish!