Sometimes I feel like kickin' it old school, you know? Recently I was making a rib roast for a special dinner and needed a vegetable to go with it. I'd already settled on scalloped potatoes--another oldie but goodie--but I needed a green vegetable. Green beans were looking quite good at the market so I bought a pound of those. But how to prepare them? I perused any number of recipes and then decided to go back to an old standby--green beans almondine. They became a staple on menus back in the 1960s for a reason--they're good!
3 tablespoons butter, divided
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/3 cup shallots minced
1 pound green beans
salt and pepper to taste
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped parsley (optional)
Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet over medium heat.
Add the almonds to the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes or until golden brown, stirring occasionally.
Remove the almonds from the pan; wipe the pan clean with a paper towel.
Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in the pan. Add the shallots and cook for 3-4 minutes or until tender.
Add the green beans and 1 tablespoon of water to the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until green beans are tender, about 4-5 minutes.
Stir in the lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Sprinkle the reserved almonds over the green beans, along with the optional parsley.
Writer-in-residence Penelope Parish will need to use every trick in
her quaint British bookshop to unravel a murderous plot that threatens
to ruin a ducal wedding.
The wedding of the Duke and Duchess
of Upper Chumley-on Stoke has all the makings of a fairy tale, complete
with a glowing bride and horse-drawn carriage. But it wouldn't be much
of a story without a villain, and as American Gothic novelist Penelope
Parish is coming to learn, happy-ever-afters are as fraught in this
charming British town as they are in her books.
When the Duke's
former girlfriend is found murdered at the reception it's up to Penelope
and her newfound family at the Open Book bookshop to catch the killer
before they strike again.
Murder in the Margins has everything: England * Charming town * Book shop * Writer-in-residence * Royalty * Cute detective * Murder!
The plot thickens for American gothic writer Penelope Parish when a murder near her quaint British bookshop reveals a novel's worth of killer characters.
Just because it was popular "long ago" doesn't mean it isn't still worthy.
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Green beans with almonds and shallots. A great combination.
Hi Peg, Green beans are one of my favorite vegetables and this recipe looks easy and delicious. Thanks for sharing!
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