31 Green Bean Recipes for Easy Side Dishes (and Mains!) All Year Long

Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Ali Nardi Whether you call them French beans, haricots verts, string beans, snap beans, or simply snaps, who doesn’t love green beans? The green bean recipes we’ve rounded up here should give you at least 30 reasons […]

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Whether you call them French beans, haricots verts, string beans, snap beans, or simply snaps, who doesn’t love green beans? The green bean recipes we’ve rounded up here should give you at least 30 reasons to keep them in your fridge all summer—because while this stalwart veggie is good year-round, fresh green beans are at their peak right about now. (Here’s our primer on how to prep them.) You can find more reasons to love this vegetable by looking at their nutritional information: Green beans are a source of vitamin A, vitamin C, fiber, and minerals such as manganese, calcium, and potassium.

Including salads substantial enough to make a meal out of (but light enough to go back for seconds), pastas, soups, grilled sides, and stir-fries—whether you like your beans blanched, sautéed, charred, or not cooked at all—this list features something to suit your needs. There may even be an old-school casserole recipe in the mix. Only one way to find out: Read on for our best green bean recipes.

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Chef Dan Giusti is back with another edition of The Smart Cook, this time demonstrating the potential waiting within your average can of black beans. Watch as Dan prepares a day's worth of meals, each elevating canned black beans from the mundane to something nutritious and surprisingly delicious. The best part? All 3 dishes come in for under $3 a serving.<br><br>Dan Giusti, formerly the head chef of Noma, is the founder of Brigaid, a company that places professional chefs into institutional food spaces like public schools. Brigaid chefs bring their experience, knowledge and technique to institutional kitchens to improve food quality. Similar to how Brigaid works--by bringing professional chefs into institutional spaces to apply their knowledge to new environments-- The Smart Cook intends to do the same by bringing Chef Dan's experience and knowhow into your home with delicious recipes prepared on a budget.<br><br>Learn more at <a href="https://www.chefsbrigaid.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.chefsbrigaid.com</a><br><br>Follow Dan on Instagram at @dan.giusti and @brigaid