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Easy Easy Greek Style Green Beans Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • In a large skillet cook onion and garlic in hot oil about 5 minutes or until tender.
  • Add undrained tomatoes, olives, and oregano.
  • Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
  • Boil gently, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
  • Add beans.
  • Return to boiling.
  • Boil gently, uncovered, about 8 minutes or until desired consistency and beans are tender.
  • Transfer to a serving bowl; sprinkle with cheese.
  • ***NOTE***
  • Fresh green beans and tomatoes are always way better than anything canned, and I use them often. If canned is what you have (or a combination of canned / fresh) it's a great recipe to make them taste even better!

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  • lovebreezy 6 days ago
    IMI review links: Easy Easy Greek Style Green Beans
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    " It was good "
    mbelisle ate it and said...
    Excellent - will definitely do this again. I found the oregano gave it a bit of a bitter taste so might add some splenda to counter that.
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    " It was excellent "
    notyourmomma ate it and said...
    Very good side dish. Easy to put together and it got two thumb's up from Freddie. Used cherry tomatoes. Very nice. Thanks
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  • sparow64 2 years ago
    I usually halve a about a cup or so of grape tomatoes, more often than using the canned.
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    " It was excellent "
    otterpond ate it and said...
    I made this last evening substituting fresh ingredients for the tomato, green beans and oregano. This added a cooking step as I blanched both the tomatoes and the green beans. I peeled and seeded the tomato before chopping it up. I did add some water and a touch of wine along with 1/2 tsp of Splenda to cut a bit of the acid from the tomato.

    Really excellent and colorful side dish worthy of company. It made up about 3 cups for me. I'll be sharing a tiny bit of it with the old folks next door because I love them.
    Link to Nutrition Info for the manner I prepared it.
    http://www.livestrong.com/recipes/greek-style-green-beans-tomato/
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    otterpond ate it and said...
    I'll be substituting in fresh green beans, oregano and tomatoes because I need to use them up but this combination of ingredients in your Easy Easy Greek Style Green Beans is a winner. Using fresh green beans I generally give them a rinse and put them drippy into a glass dish then microwave using the fresh vegetable setting. Using fresh tomatoes I won't have the liquid so I'm thinking just plain water will work fine. I'd estimate about 1/2 cup would do it and I might end up splashing a bit of wine in that pan if it doesn't look enough.
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    " It was excellent "
    pleclare ate it and said...
    Yummy!
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    " It was excellent "
    DetroitTokyo ate it and said...
    This was easy and very tasty! Perfect for my Greek-inspired dinner last night. I used fresh green beans blanched and left out the olives until serving b/c my beau doesn't care for them. I also mixed herb feta w/the plain. Thanks, Lori!
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    " It was excellent "
    chuckieb ate it and said...
    This was most excellent. Really dressed up the beans. The olives were my favourite part. A great dish. Thanks so much Lori!
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    " It was excellent "
    chuckieb ate it and said...
    Just received a nice big batch of green and yellow beans today. This recipe looks like one to put to good use. Thanks Lori!
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  • pollymotzko 4 years ago
    I love this Greek-inspired dish and I love green beans in general. Thanks for this one!

    It will be in my new group: Kids In The Kitchen

    Take a gander sometime at: http://www.grouprecipes.com/group/1252

    Polly Motzko
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    " It was excellent "
    recipesrule ate it and said...
    The recipe my sis gave me from her mom-in-law takes a loooong time to cook. this sounds yummy and quick, a can't beat combo. thanks.
    Betty
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  • mintymommybee 5 years ago
    mmmm...I make this with allspice insted of oregano...one of my favorites!
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    " It was excellent "
    notyourmomma ate it and said...
    This is wonderful, feta and green beans are a great match. Yum.
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    " It was excellent "
    pudgy47 ate it and said...
    Love green beans!!!!! Thanks for a new recipe. Feta will work for me. (HIGH5))))
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    " It was excellent "
    bluewaterandsand ate it and said...
    Yummy, sounds great!
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  • melsa102 5 years ago
    Delicious!
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    " It was excellent "
    minitindel ate it and said...
    oh yeah .i love it
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    " It was excellent "
    pat2me ate it and said...
    Yummy!!!! Can't wait to try this....thanks, sparow!
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    " It was excellent "
    tinadunlap ate it and said...
    This is great. just bought frozen green beans and was wondering how to fancy them up. this was my husband's favorite so far. easy, and so tasty. thanks, tinad
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