At dinner tonight, the kids didn’t want to eat their green beans. Admittedly they weren’t the best beans, they were from one of those microwave steam packs that seem to work great with corn but not so great with other vegetables. Still, it was either that or having nothing with our Orange Chicken (Trader Joes!) and rice, and I couldn’t abide the idea of Meat and Starch for dinner. Let’s have some real nutrition.
Miles tried his, and rejected them. Beth tore a bean in half and munched, eyes upward, thinking carefully. After a few moments I said, “What do you think?”
“It doesn’t taste good,” she replied.
Greg looked at her seriously, and said, “Does it taste like dirt, or grass?”
Beth was perplexed at the question, and I imagine my laughter as well.
I think the trick is to mix the green beans into the orange chicken; they taste better in the sauce. You can also remove them from the microwave packet and steam them as you normally would. If they are already cooked, you can cover them with oil and vinegar and finely sliced or diced raw onions; the last tastes even better as leftovers.
But grass tastes good, so it must have tasted like dirt. :)
Try roasting green beans (although I can’t vouch for the kids liking them — Liam prefers them raw), like this.
Whoops, wrong link. Here’s the right one.
(Time to go to bed, clearly.)
Ah, all good ideas! In the sauce would have been lovely, and I’ve never tried roasting before. I’m definitely going to give that a shot. Yay!
also, take the steamed green beans out of the bag as soon as you take out of the microwave and toss with a small amount of tasty extra virgin olive oil and some garlic or garlic salt.
YES! Excellent plan. And quick, too.
I agree–steamed green beans DON’T taste good! At least to me. The roasting is a great idea. Mmm, brown and caramelized….
Are you eating previously frozen vegetables? ewww ick! I hope they’re not part of your plan to eat more veggies!
Clarica’s right. There’s some great fresh green beans out now! Leave the frozen things for February.
Ivana’s half right–never eat frozen veggies. eww eww ick!