Mixed Beans With Bacon and Almonds
photo by mersaydees
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 4 slices imitation bacon (Morningstar Farms or similar) or 4 slices bacon
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen sugar snap peas
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen green beans
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen butter beans
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen lima beans
- 1⁄4 cup slivered almonds
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
directions
- If using imitation bacon, use one of the methods included on the package to obtain the desired consistency (soft or crisp).
- If using regular bacon, cook in a small skillet over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spatula, transfer to paper towels to drain.
- Add the sugar snap peas and green beans to a large saucepan of salted boiling water and cook for 3-4 minutes. Drain, rinse in cold water, and drain again. Set aside.
- Cook the butter beans and lima beans in boiling salted water for about 8 minutes or until tender. Drain.
- Combine peas and beans in serving bowl, crumble bacon on top, and sprinkle with the almonds. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
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Reviews
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This knocked my socks off! This is so simple and delicious! I used vegetarian bacon (DH complained bitterly about fake bacon! Who cares?!) and I accidentally used sugar peas instead of sugar snap peas -- there is a difference! My grocer didn't carry frozen butter beans, so I used canned ones and added them at the last minute with all the heated beans; worked out great! I cannot sing enough praises for this recipe! This is a contender for my Best of 2009 recipes. Thanks, Kumquat the Cat's friend! Made for <b>Vegetarian Recipe Swap</b>.
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Made this recipe as written & the result was a GREAT TASTING bean dish! Have never used butter beans before & seldom have limas, but the combination of all made for an interesting bean dish, while the addition of the bacon AND almonds was wonderful! Most enjoyable & definitely a keeper! [Tagged, made & reviewed in the Please Review My Recipe cooking game]
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an Excellent 5 stars ! Not knowing what imitation bacon was, ...sigh... we were forced to use the real stuff. Well, I mean DH becuase I assigned the recipe to him to make since I got home late. He used haricot vert instead of the thicker green beans and he wasn't brave enough to toast the almonds but it didn't matter, the result was still excellent. He boiled the beans for only just long enough to cook them though, there was still a discernable crunch which added a real freshness to the dish. The bacon and the bacon drippings heighten the taste of the vegetables and brings the various tastes together very well. He did pour off some of the excess grease before mixing so that nothing was swimming in it and this tasted so light and yummy that DH and I ate the whole lot as a main meal. When you love a particular veggie, and prepare it a lot, sometimes you just prepare them the same old, same old... this recipes pushes all those recipes aside. Please see my rating system: a recipe to be repeated.. often! DH didn't mutter about it being hard to follow so the instructions are well written and the taste is excellent, 5 stars for beans never needing to be boring ever again!Thanks!
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Kumquat the Cats fr
New York City, 72
<p>Clockwise from upper left, my dear friends Cranberry, Quincy, Kumquat and Kiwi. All of our cats were born in the wild and adopted by us. Zaar Chefs I have met so far: Elmotoo, justcallmeToni, ~Rita~, Midwest Maven, Bird&Buddha (both of them) and most recently, Ms*Bindy from upstate New York:) Wonderful, sweet, friendly people and great chefs! Most relevant thing to mention here is that I am a vegetarian, and recently became a vegan (almost 100%). To put vegetables and other things not meat or fish on the table I work as an actuary (in my case anyway, a combination of statistician, number-cruncher and/or programmer). For fun I like to travel. Just came back from Namibia, a peaceful democracy in Africa with lots of animals! Got some terrific pictures of lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, rhinocerous, hyenas, all kinds of antelopes, giraffes and zebras. Namibia is the second most sparsely populated country per square mile, just behind Mongolia. Update: We went to Italy this Spring. We had lots of pizza and pasta. The pizza is so much better in Italy, particularly the crust. The Amalfi coast was absolutely beautiful. Spectacular natural scenery (Canada and Alaska are really beautiful, Patagonia in Chile is sublime, Iceland is unique) has been my latest passion as far as travel destinations but I have seen quite a few big cities too (Paris, Berlin, London and Madrid to name a few). On my bulletin board at work I keep a list of every country I've visited (other than the U.S. of course). So far I've made it to five continents: Europe, Africa, South America, Asia and North America of course. I've got only two other continents to conquer:) I don't usually have difficulty finding vegetarian dishes here in the U.S. or overseas, but finding vegan dishes is much harder. I have no kids, just cats, Kumquat, Cranberry, and more recently Quincy and Kiwi. They are purebreds, of the breed alley caticus (okay, American shorthair I guess). Our cats are not vegetarians, though my boyfriend (significant other, long-term partner, whatever) is. I am a friend of all animals both tamed and wild. In addition I am a freethinker and my boyfriend studies philosophy. Either way, we get along pretty well. Also, please allow me to say that my BF and I recently bought a condominium in NYC.:) Pet peeve? Okay, I don't like public scenes, especially parents yelling at their children, lovers' spats, etc. If it must be done please do it in private:D Participation & Awards:</p>