How To Make Green Beans with Cherry Tomatoes
Lightly boiled green beans are tossed in a butter-basil sauce and served with juicy cherry tomatoes to make a tasty and nutritious side dish.
Preparation: 5 minutes
Cooking: 15 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1½lbsgreen beans,trimmed and cut into inch pieces
- 1½cupswater
- ¼cupbutter
- 1tbspsugar
- ¾tspgarlic salt
- ¼tsppepper
- 1½tspfresh basil,chopped
- 2cupscherry tomato,halves
Instructions
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Place beans and water in a large saucepan. Cover, and bring to a boil.
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Set heat to low, and simmer for about 10 minutes until tender. Drain off water, and set aside.
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Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in sugar, garlic salt, pepper and basil.
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Add tomatoes, and cook stirring gently just until soft. Pour the tomato mixture over the green beans, and toss gently to blend.
Nutrition
- Calories: 123.15kcal
- Fat: 8.05g
- Saturated Fat: 4.93g
- Trans Fat: 0.31g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.02g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.47g
- Carbohydrates: 12.62g
- Fiber: 3.83g
- Sugar: 7.33g
- Protein: 2.75g
- Cholesterol: 20.34mg
- Sodium: 13.41mg
- Calcium: 52.92mg
- Potassium: 386.43mg
- Iron: 1.37mg
- Vitamin A: 129.25µg
- Vitamin C: 21.85mg
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