Green beans with garlic vinaigrette

Green beans with garlic vinaigrette

Adapted from “The Sexy Forever Recipe Bible” by Suzanne Somers. I don't usually go for celebrity cookbooks, but if you can get past her toothy smile plastered throughout the glam shots, the recipes themselves are actually toothsome.

Ingredients:

1 pound fresh green beans, ends snipped

1 garlic clove, crushed

Juice of 1 half lemon

2 tablespoons olive oil

Method:

Steam green beans until just tender, 3-4 minutes in a steamer bag, depending on your microwave. Meanwhile, mix garlic, lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste in a bowl. Whisk in olive oil. Toss cooked beans with vinaigrette.

Rating: Fast, easy, tasty

Tip: If you buy bags of beans that come pre-snipped in steamer bags, this is even easier.

Followup: I tried this same treatment with some broccoli I steamed for lunch. Also a winner.