Best Green Beans With Raisins And Lime Recipes

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GREEN BEANS WITH RAISINS AND LIME



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Add a twist to your usual vegetable sides with a squeeze of lime and a handful of raisins.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Healthy Recipes     Gluten-Free Recipes

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 pound green beans (stem ends removed), halved crosswise
1/3 cup raisins
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
Coarse salt and ground pepper

Steps:

  • Set a steamer basket in a large saucepan. Fill with enough water to come just below basket. Bring to a boil; place green beans in basket, and reduce to a simmer. Cover, and steam until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Add raisins, and cover; steam until raisins have plumped, 1 minute more.
  • Transfer green beans and raisins to a medium bowl; add oil and lime juice. Season with salt and pepper, and toss to combine.

GREEN BEANS WITH GOLDEN RAISINS



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This recipe combines golden raisins and Parmesan cheese from the West with sesame and tea from the East.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Salad Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 tablespoons white sesame seeds
2 tea bags (green or white tea)
4 cups green beans, trimmed
1/4 cup golden raisins
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1/4 cup shaved Parmesan cheese

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spread the sesame seeds on a baking sheet in a single layer. Bake for 5 to 6 minutes, or until the sesame seeds are crisp and fragrant.
  • In a large steamer pot, bring 4 cups water to a boil. Add tea bags. Place green beans in the steam rack. Be sure the water doesn't rise onto the rack. Steam at medium-high heat, covered, until beans are bright green, about 4 minutes. Sprinkle raisins into the steam basket and steam for one more minute.
  • In a large salad bowl, toss green beans and raisins with vinegar, sesame oil, and sesame seeds. Garnish with Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 71 g, Fat 4 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 2 g

GREEN BEANS WITH OLIVES, RAISINS AND ALMONDS



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Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network

Categories     side-dish

Time 13m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

3/4 pound green beans, trimmed
Salt
1/4 cup golden raisins, a generous handful
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
12 jumbo pimento stuffed olives, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup chopped smoked almonds
Black pepper

Steps:

  • Chop beans into 2-inch pieces. Place beans in a skillet and add boiling water to cover. Cook beans in boiling water 3 to 4 minutes, add raisins to pan and cook 2 minutes more to plump up the raisins. Drain beans and raisins. Place skillet back on the stove over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil to skillet then drained beans and raisins. Add olives to the pan and warm them through. Toss beans, raisins and olives with almonds and turn off heat. Season the beans with salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer beans to a serving dish.

ROASTED GREEN BEANS WITH LIME JUICE



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Kick up your frozen green beans with some lime juice. These go great with pork or any other tuscan style dish. I recently made this with frozen Italian green beans and it turned out wonderfully.

Provided by joshuainboden

Categories     Vegetable

Time 45m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 lb green beans (Fresh or Frozen any style)
3 tablespoons butter (Reduce or substitute if you like)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
1 -2 tablespoon lime juice (Minimum 1tbsp, this is a key ingredient)

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 380°F.
  • Prepare and grease a baking pan.
  • Melt Butter and combine butter with olive oil and dry ingredients. Toss the green beans in this mixture until evenly coated.
  • Pour coated green beans into greased pan and spread out evenly. A glass baking dish works well here.
  • Cook this for approximately 35 minutes or until the green beans on the top begin to lightly brown on the tips.
  • You may also broil these at the end to help brown and crisp your beans.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 144.3, Fat 12.2, SaturatedFat 6, Cholesterol 22.9, Sodium 649.9, Carbohydrate 8.9, Fiber 4, Sugar 1.8, Protein 2.3

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