Easy green beans

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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:53:53 -0500, Rachael VerNooy wrote:

 

> I'm with you on not wanting to rely on soy too much. I always keep various

nuts and seeds around to snack on, which are a good source of protein.

 

I've never learned to eat nuts & seeds! My mother was/is a really

picky eater & I didn't get exposed to much! She's impressed to pieces

b/c I eat apples & tomatoes and " all those awful things " ! It's

only been in the past year or so I've learned to eat cucumbers and am

kicking myself for not trying them sooner. :/

 

> If you don't have much cooking equipment, you might want to experiment with

canned beans.

 

*sigh* I really DO like to cook and it kills me to buy canned beans.

Partly for the expense, partly for the waste (disposing of the can),

but mostly b/c I really like my own cooking! I know money needs to go

for other things, but I am SO tempted to 'do up' a kitchen!

 

But I do buy canned kidney & brown (baked) beans. Baked beans I can

eat right out of the can or on brown/multi grain toast, and the kidney

beans I use in chili or on rice. (Do I have to explain that chili is

vegetarian, or does everyone just assume it is and/or politely ignore

it? )

 

My mother also makes green beans with sauteed onions & mushrooms mixed

in; especially good if they are 'French style' (julienned) green

beans. It's something a little different and I love it b/c I love

anything w onions & mushrooms!

 

And thinking of snack food - they are starting to disappear now, but

around Christmas, our stores carry Mandarin oranges, little oranges

that fit in the palm of your hand, seedless, with a very easy to peel,

thin skin. They come in boxes of 4-5 dozen & I usually go through 3

or four boxes every December. I can go through half a dozen of them

at a time w/o even thinking about it!

 

Signing off with a toasted pb & banana sandwich & one of those little oranges!

 

His in JOY

 

(: Sunshine