Green Beans with Roasted Red Peppers

This is a variation of my Mom’s Basic Green Beans. Green Beans where her favorite vegetable — good thing they are cheap and readily available-fresh, frozen and canned…even in the 1900’s Depression Era.

Ingredients

2 lbs fresh or frozen Green Beans, cleaned, chopped into 3-2 inch pieces or less.

1 medium Yellow Onion, chopped

1 Tblspoon Olive Oil or Bacon Grease

1-12 oz Jar Roasted Red Peppers (packed in water), drained chopped

Sea Salt to taste

Optional

2 pieces of Fried, extra crispy Bacon, chopped into small bits

Directions

Place Oil of you choosing in a large frying pan. Add Onion and sauté in covered pan until Onion turns translucent. Add Green Beans and Bacon bits(if used), stir well, cover and stir occasionally until Green Beans are cooked to your liking (some people like them a little crisp, some like them cooked to within an inch of their life, lol!). Add the Roasted Red Peppers and Sea Salt. Serve Hot.

Abstinent Measuring

1 cup = 1 vegetable

If you get nuts with the bacon bits, you may need to count them as part of your protein. I just added enough to flavor the dish, so generally don’t.

Notes

If the Beans are kind of dry and start to fry instead of “steam”, add a little water to the bottom of the pan.