A Healthy Holiday Part 3:Green Beans with Caramelized Onions and Bacon

December 28, 2009 by DanicasDaily
Filed under: Recipes 

Green Beans with Caramelized Onions & Bacon is one of my FAVORITE childhood classic dishes.  However, the version I grew up with was not so healthy ~ picture loads of butter with the onions and mushrooms “fried” in the bacon green.  I cleaned up this recipe by using a healthy cut of bacon and just a kiss of real butter.  It’s pretty easy to make and can be whipped up fairly quickly while everything else cooks for your holiday meal.

I doubled up the vegetable sides to go with the Simple Glazed Ham with Pineapple and Au Gratin Potatoes.  The other veggie was Honey Balsamic Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Cashews.  I find it helps me stay on track easier when I have two delicious vegetables that I can pile on half my plate leaving 1/4 of my plate for protein and 1/4 for carby goodness.

GREEN BEANS WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS & BACON

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INGREDIENTS:

1 pound green beans   

1 medium red onion, sliced

1 cup sliced white mushroom, optional

6 slice Cooked Center-Cut Bacon or Turkey Bacon

1 Tbsp Butter

1/2 tsp garlic salt   

1/4 tsp black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  Prepare all veggies – snap ends off beans and break in half, slice onion and mushrooms.

2.  Cook bacon and break into pieces. Set aside.

3.  Spray a skillet with nonstick cooking spray and add onions and mushrooms (if using).  Saute onion and mushrooms until tender and slightly browned/carmelized, about 5 minutes. Set aside.

4.  Boil green beans in enough water to cover them for 6-8 minutes or until crisp tender and drain.

5.  Add butter, garlic salt, pepper, onion/mushrooms, and bacon. Stir just until combined.

Enjoy – makes 6 servings – 1/2 cup each and only 1 Weight Watcher Point

NUTRITIONAL INFORMAITON PER SERVING:

Calories 60.9, Total Fat 3.3 g, Saturated Fat 1.7 g. Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g, Monounsaturated Fat 0.5 g, Cholesterol 10.1 mg, Sodium 219.6 mg, Potassium 113.8 mg, Total Carbohydrate 5.7 g, Dietary Fiber 1.9 g, Sugars 0.2 g, Protein 3.2 g

STEP-BY-STEP:

1.  Spray a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and add onions (plus mushrooms if using).  I omitted them this time since The Husband’s mom does not like mushrooms.

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2.  Cook and crumble your bacon ~ set aside.

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3.  Steam your green beans.  I saved time by buying Trader Joe’s steam in a bag Green and Yellow Beans.  I LOVE green beans, but, do NOT love preparing them ~ Thanks TJ’s!

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4.  Add garlic salt, pepper and butter to your green beans.   TIP ~ You can always let your butter melt a little and remove any extra if you feel you have enough to cover your veggies.

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5.  Add caramelized onions (plus mushrooms) and bacon.

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6.  Stir to combine and enjoy!

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MMMMM….I am hungry again now!  I hope you all are enjoying the series ~ it is definitely giving me a break while we are at home this week cleaning and organizing away :)

Tomorrow I will be sharing a Easy Healthy Key Lime Pie recipe to complete my Healthy Holiday series.  See you all then!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HOLIDAY DISH TO ENJOY EACH YEAR ~ HEALTHY OR NOT?



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3 Comments on A Healthy Holiday Part 3:Green Beans with Caramelized Onions and Bacon

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  2. janetha b on Tue, 29th Dec 2009 11:48 am

    3. mmm delicious! my favorite is stuffing, for sure!

  3. Alicia on Tue, 29th Dec 2009 12:44 pm

    4. LOVE green beans and caramelized onions, just hadn’t combined them yet! Sounds good to me.

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