string beans...

i literally had dinner on the table in five minutes last night, with a little help from a store bought rotisserie chicken.  but i had fresh string beans and i steamed them in the microwave and then sauteed them in a pan for couple of minutes, and they came out soooooo good!

ingredients:

1 pound of fresh string beans
1.5 T unsalted butter
1/2 t season salt
1/4-1/3 cup slivered almonds

how to:

steam the string beans in the microwave on high for 3 minutes.  take them out and immediately into a fry pan with butter, almonds and season salt.

saute until the string beans are all coated with butter and salt and the almonds start to brown in the butter, this just takes a few minutes.  serve alongside the protein of your choice, these would be great with fish, chicken or meat loaf.