Hey It’s Jet Here.
Thanks to Sugar and Kol for initiating Tasty Tuesdays, today is our thirty-second participating post!
With Thanksgiving around the corner (for our blogpals in the USA like us), we thought you might like a few new ideas for the classic green bean. Mom steamed hers this week to go along with a new version of turkey meatloaf with fennel and veggies. (Remember we tried fennel last week?)
Little Miss I’m Getting into the Veggie Thing snapped up her raw string bean tidbit, while I enjoyed mine in repose (VBP – vocab builder project). BTW, you can get a glimpse of my racing stripes (requested by Daisy yesterday) in the photo.
Green Beans with Goat Cheese, Cranberries and Bacon
- 1/4 pound bacon, roughly chopped (Mom says you can substitute turkey bacon or vegetarian bacon as you wish)
- 1 1/2 pound green beans, washed and trimmed
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar (no fussing, Mom says use whatever vinegar you have on hand…)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- Ground black pepper, to taste
- 2/3 cup dried cranberries
- 1 (4 ounces) log goat cheese, crumbled
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, 7 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a papertowel-lined plate to let drain. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add green beans and cook until just tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain well and transfer to a large bowl. Toss with oil, vinegar, salt and pepper and transfer to a large platter. Scatter bacon, cranberries, goat cheese and parsley over the top and serve.
Would you like to try a modern/vegan version of the traditional “Green Bean Casserole?”
Green Bean and Wild Mushroom Casserole
- 3 tablespoons olive oil or unsalted butter
- 2 medium onions, peeled and sliced into thin moons
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 8 ounces wild mushrooms (chanterelle, morel or porcini), wiped clean and
- thinly sliced
- 8 ounces fresh shiitake or button mushrooms, wiped clean and thinly sliced
- 3 tablespoons dry red wine
- 4 tablespoons unbleached flour
- 3 cups Silk Unsweetened Soymilk (Mom would use almond milk!)
- 2 tablespoons tamari
- Additional sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Two 10-ounce bags of frozen cut green beans thawed or 1&1/2 pounds of fresh green beans cooked in salted water for 5 minutes, then drained.
- 1. Preheat oven to 30°F. Lightly oil a 2-quart baking or casserole dish.
- 2. Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil or butter in a large heavy saucepan, over medium heat. Add the onions, season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and cook the onions until slightly browned and soft, about 10-12 minutes. Remove the onions with a spoon and set aside.
- 3. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil in the large heavy saucepan and then add the mushrooms. Cook the mushrooms over medium high heat, stirring often, until they begin to brown and there is very little liquid, about 5 minutes. Add the red wine and cook for about 1 minute or until completely evaporated.
- 4. Sift the flour into the mushrooms and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon over medium heat until the flour is browned slightly in color, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool for 2 minutes.
- 5. In a small saucepan, heat the soymilk with the bay leaf to just below the boiling point and turn off heat. Remove the bay leaf and slowly whisk the hot soymilk into the mushrooms, scraping up any brown bits on the bottom of the pan. Return the saucepan to the heat, bring the sauce to a boil and reduce the heat to a simmer, stirring often and cook for about 8-10 minutes until it reaches the consistency of a thick cream soup.
- 6. Stir in the tamari, salt and some freshly ground black pepper to taste.
- 7. Add the green beans and 1/2 cup of the onions. Place in the buttered casserole dish, top with remaining onions and bake uncovered for 30-40 minutes.
Another great green bean/string bean day.
Ohhhh these sound DELICIOUS!!
Hey Dakota, Hey Cody, Jet here. Hi Miss Caren.
Yippee, glad you think so… we know that Miss Caren is a good cook!
Yummy, both look absolutely delicious. Great way to make veggies a treat.
Hey Lady Litchi, Hey Sabre, Hey Boks, Jet here. Hi Miss Susan.
So glad you enjoyed our selections today. Do you have any type of holiday similar to Thanksgiving?
Very interesting recipes! Gosh – you are so clever in the kitchen! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Blueberry, Jet here.
Can’t take the credit, Mom’s The Kitchen Counselor!
I just love those beans…..along with a side of lettuce and tomato!
Hey Amber, Jet here.
JJ and I do not care for most lettuces (unless Mom grows it!), we do love tomato, though! 🙂
MMM Jet…I’ve missed you my friend. I love green beans. I’ll overlook the bacon part – 🙂
Have you tried pickles yet? Oh THUD – I love me some pickles now. XOXO Bacon
Hey Bacon, Jet here.
Missed you too, Dude. OMD, sorry for the insensitivity… focus on the vegetarian version, ok! We do not want an adorable, piggy of luxury to have ANY bad dreams… Haven’t had pickles, Mom will think about that….
Woof! Woof! We LOVE string beans and we got a lot here. It taste different too … sweeter. Lots of Golden Thanks for sharing the recipe (great for Thanksgiving next week). Happy Tasty Tuesday. Golden Thanks for joining the hop. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
Hey Sugar, Jet here.
Yippee, good stuff, string beans. Bet your soil makes for sweeter beans! Most welcome. We love the hop. Any fancy Hawaiian words for Thanksgiving???
I dont like green beans but leave out the vinegar and pepper an I just might eat them! Yummy!
Hey Kirby, Jet here.
Dude, you’re missing out… try them with a dab of peanut butter to start out!
Green beans are one of my all time favorite foods! When I was little I always picked them up w/ my fingers to eat and my grandpa would get so mad, he always said, “Will that child ever learn to use a fork?” Of course I eat them w/ a fork now but on occasion just have to pick one up!
Hey Boomer, Hey Dottie, Jet here. Hi Miss Emily.
Whoo hoo! Who needs a fork when you have paws/fingers??? Thanks for sharing your story, made us smile. Mom does not care for them raw. JJ and I will eat them raw, steamed, or sauteed!
Hey…let’s eat…I am sooooo hungry now!
Hey Brian, Jet here.
Dude, you set the bowls, I bring the dish!
Hi sweet Jetty – YUMMY recipes (I;m also minus the bacon like Piglove!) – nice to know of some new ways to make green beans! boy your Mom is super talented! But the best part of this post…….getting close up pics of you and JJ, my two very favorite furfriends! You make my days so much better!
love you!
sending green bean hugs and kisses to you, JJ, Mom, Rachel and Puffy xoxoxox
Hey it’s Jet here. Hi Miss Wendy.
🙂 No worries, how about veggie bacon or some tempeh???
Hope our furry faces brought you better IT luck today. 🙂
Sending lovies in the form of Jetty kisses and JJ hugs. xoxoxxoxo Of course, pass some along to Mr. David, Jacob, Cassie and Rex.
These sound soooo good! Lucy loved green beads 🙂
Hey Rudy, Hey Jeffie, Jet here. Hi Miss Sue.
Ahhhh, so did Koko! Do you guys like them, too?
Yum! mom finally bought us green beans
Benny & Lily
Hey Benny, Hey Lily, Jet here.
Yippee, let us know what you think of them! 🙂
That looks a very yummy dish for people. As for the beans, well you know my opinion on vegetables, if it isn’t meat flavoured I’m not that interested.
Hey PZ, Jet here. Hi Raffles.
I know, we keep trying to tempt you! What if you wrapped the bacon around a string bean???
Hi Jet…i am not so sure about eating those green things…JG might like them…but I’m ALL ABOUT THE BACON!
Hey Gizmo, Jet here. Hi JG.
Oh, Gizmo, before I met Mom I felt the same way… dude, give it a try… use a dab of peanut butter to begin eating veggies if necessary!
Our Lady would like the main to make these for her! Happy Tuesday!
Hey Lee, Hey Phod, Jet here.
Shall we send him an email???
Yummmy! xx
Hey Sherlock, Hey Ash, Hey Ash, Jet here.
Glad you think so!
Ok, mom just sent this to her personal email, she is so gonna make one of those because she and Dad are having a veggie thanksgiving with Dads cousin and wife and they are vegetarians, fish is the main course. Paw pats Jetty…and nose rubs for JJ, Puffy and Miss Lori
Hey Savvy, Jetty here. Hi Miss Cabo San Linda!
Yippee… Mom posted a bunch of links yesterday to veggie Thanksgiving ideas on her Kitchen Counselor FB page for when Miss Linda has time and wi-fi access!
Sending how’s my Savvy girl your Champion cares Kisses. xoxoxox
Meatloaf? Sounds like something cats should eat too!
Hey Au, Hey Guido, Hey Target, Jet here. Hi Miss Ellen.
I would suggest a meat only version for you guys, right??? Puffy gets sick from EVERYTHING, so, he eats a 2 ingredient kibble!
Wow you eat anything?!! I’ve never had green beans
Hey Dalton, Jet here.
Dude, you MUST ask typist for a tidbit, they’re crunchy and delicious. 🙂
I will but I would get more talking to a wall!
Hey Dalton, Jet here.
Hard to imagine the typist being that hard headed… use the puppy eyes thingie… irresistable!
I love’z green bean’z..Kyla got mez into to them 🙂 Neffer tried a mushroom but Humom loves boff 🙂 x00xx
Mollie and Alfie
Hey Mollie, Hey Alfie, Jet here.
Yippee, now you have some new ideas to share with your Humom! 🙂
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