Articles for tag: Green Beans

Karla News

How to Cook Fresh Green Beans

Cooking fresh green beans is a time consuming process but well worth the investment. My husband loves fresh green beans cooked until very tender with a bit of pork seasoning and sometimes it’s nice to have a few small bites of potatoes in the pot as well. If this is how you like your green ...

Karla News

Four Ways to Prepare Fresh Green Beans

Green beans are one of the few vegetables my husband will eat. For years, he wouldn’t venture beyond canned green beans with a little butter melted on top. After much persuasion, he agreed to try steamed fresh green beans, but only if I threw in some bacon. In February 2007, I started a food blog ...

Karla News

Blanching Green Beans Before Freezing

Green beans from your garden (or a local farmer’s market) are one of the garden vegetables that can be blanched, frozen and enjoyed all winter long. Since they are so easy to put up, green beans are one of the vegetables that you don’t have to worry about planting too many in the spring. Whatever ...

Karla News

Your Step by Step Guide to Canning Green Beans

Canning green beans from your garden is enjoyable and easy. By canning your own green beans you will achieve a far greater product than the conventionally canned beans you find at the grocery store. The jars of green beans will be packed full of nutrients for you and your entire family to enjoy months after ...

Karla News

What’s Nutritious in Green Beans?

Green beans are great nutritionally. They contain many vitamins and nutrients for your health. I’d like to explain what these are in my article, based on a serving of one cup, which only contains about 45 calories. Green beans are strongest in Vitamin K. You’ll get at least 25 percent of your daily requirement by ...