Green Beans: Abundant, Affordable, Appetizing

It’s easy being green with today’s Spicy Green Beans recipe. An abundant and economical summer crop, green beans (also called string beans) are a good source of potassium. This nutrient helps to maintain body fluid movement, improve cell production, and even control blood pressure and other heart-related concerns. Iron, also found in green beans, helps muscles to store oxygen and aids red blood cells in circulating oxygen. Green beans also provide niacin and thiamine, plus carotenoids like lutein, beta-carotene, violaxanthin, and neoxanthin, according to the George Mateljan Foundation.

Ingredients:
1 tsp., vegetable oil
½ lb., green beans, ends trimmed, chopped into bite-size pieces
2 cloves, garlic, finely chopped
1 tsp., soy sauce
1 tsp., Sambal Oelek chili paste (or 2 tsp., chili flakes)
Optional:
1 tsp., ginger, grated
1 tsp., lemon juice

Directions:

This recipe comes from Good and Cheap by Leanne Brown, 2014, Creative Commons 4.0 license.

This post was written by Nina Eng, RD, nutrition coordinator at Plainview Hospital.

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