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Side Dishes

Savory Green Beans

Green beans tossed with dill, lemon peel, garlic and sautéed onion. Serve hot or cold, with no salt required.

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Green beans are such a versatile and renal friendly vegetable. The following recipe punches up the flavor using dill, lemon and garlic alleviating the need to use salt! Serve this green bean side dish cold or hot with your next meal.

Savory Green Beans

Course
Side dishes
Ingredients
7
Steps
4

Ingredients

  • 16oz frozen green beans
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
  • 2 tsp. dried dill weed
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • 1 tsp. lemon peel

Preparation

  1. Cook beans until desired doneness, drain, and set aside.
  2. Saute onions until translucent.
  3. Add pepper, garlic, dill, lemon peel and sautéed onions to green beans.
  4. Toss and serve.

Nutrition notes (per ½ cup serving, as published with the recipe)

  • 84 kcal
  • 53 mg sodium
  • 256 mg potassium
  • 46 mg phosphorus

Recipe used with permission from ARA.