Green Beans With Lemon and Pine Nuts

From: Dreamer in Ontario

On Apr 9, 2008

I love green beans and this is a wonderful way to serve them. I used a bit more zest than called for. Next time I'll leave out the parsley.

From: PaulaG

On Jan 28, 2008

Green beans are a great standby vegetable and I am always looking for new and different ways to prepare them. This has a very lightl lemon flavor and the toasted pine nuts add not only to the flavor but provide a nice crunch. The only thing I might do is to add a touch of lemon juice for a slightly stronger lemon flavor.

From: Abby Girl

On Apr 11, 2009

A lovely side dish. I cut the beans and toasted the nuts ahead of time and just before serving, used my microplaner to grate the lemon. I probably used a little bit more than was required, but we enjoyed it. An option would be to add a small finely chopped garlic to the mix and some salt and freshly grated pepper. I did not have any parsley, so I did not use it. If you cut the beans into smaller size pieces, the pine nuts won't sink down as much into the dish ...and when you serve, stir the beans and nuts each time, so that the beans/pine nut mixture is well distributed again.

From: Chef #284771

On Aug 24, 2007

Served this at a dinner party and everone seemed to enjoy the beans, but the nuts all sifted to the bottom of the bowl and were difficult to get. I love pine nuts so this was a real disappointment. Anyone else have this issue? We still liked the flavor very much.