MrFatbooty

I made some marinated flank steak on the grill tonite. I have an amazing green bean casserole recipe, but it's got, oh, just a little bit of olive oil, butter, cream of mushroom soup, cheddar cheese and of course the french fried onions.

I've been trying to eat healthier so I came up with a way to make something that gives you the same general idea, but is way healthier.

You need:

1 bag of good quality frozen cut green beans
1 of the big huge cans of chicken broth
1 small/medium onion
1 of those small styrofoam packages of the fresh sliced mushrooms
3 cloves of chopped up garlic
salt, pepper, olive oil, a bit of red wine

First thing, you take a large casserole dish, fill it up with the green beans, and fill it up to the brim with chicken broth. Microwave 10 mins on high, take out, stir, another 10 mins, and leave the top on and just hangin out.

While this is going on chop up yer onion in a rough mince, get the garlic finely chopped. Heat up a skillet over medium heat, put in a good amount of extra virgin olive oil, and sweat the onions (get them clear). Toss in the garlic, get it caramelized a bit, then toss in the mushrooms and have them cook down most of the ways. Pour in a bit more chicken broth and some red wine, salt & pepper. Bring up to high heat, keep stirring, and reduce the sauce til it's pretty much thick up on the onions and mushrooms.

Some time while this is going on, pour the green beans out of the casserole out into a collander, then get them back into the casserole sans broth. Just as the onion/mushroom reduction finishes, fold it in to the green beans. Drizzle with a tiny bit of extra virgin olive oil as doing, and that's it.

It's not as good as the real deal heart attack down home green bean casserole, but it's pretty darn close and is better than most "standard" green bean casserole recipes.

canada

I never really liked the original GB Casserole.

I just boil my beans in broth and season. Good as a cold snack too afterwards.

qtiger

For healthyness I'll just go with asparagus (tasty when prepared properly) or a salad.

Civic2Scooby

Ill just have a mixed greens salad with fresh vegetables and a light olive oil/balsamic drizzle.

clickwir

doh :doh:

canada

I love asparagus too. Just bake/broil them with some Olive Oil and plenty of seasoning...

MrFatbooty

I do grilled asparagus sometimes as well. Spritz with some olive oil, salt & pepper and throw em on there.

Oh as for the frozen veggies, the local hoidy toidy market by me freezes its own veggies after getting them in right fresh, already cut. Way more convenient.

98CoupeV6

Nice Mike, thanks for sharing. I'll try to make that this weekend.

Any recipes for quick and cheap dinner entrees? I can't afford good steak h:

THEOLDMAN

You should get this:

or this one: