I feel like green beans are a totally underestimated vegetable. Which is sad, because I really like them a lot. The following recipe works great served either warm or cold. I usually serve the green beans warm as a side dish, but cold as a salad. For me both are equally tasty and satisfying.

INGREDIENTS:

(Yields 4 servings / 0.30 EUR per serving / 1.21 EUR for all)

2 tbsp olive oil (0.09 EUR)

500 g of frozen green beans (1.00 EUR)

3 cloves of garlic, minced (0.10 EUR)

Good pinch of salt (0.01 EUR)

Good pinch of freshly ground black pepper (0.01 EUR)

METHOD:

Preheat a deep skillet or a pot on high heat. Add in oil, green beans, minced garlic, salt and pepper and stir vigorously. Cook covered for 10-15 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Adjust the cooking time by how well done you prefer your green beans. The recipe would also work great with fresh green beans, but I would briefly blanch those before cooking with garlic and spices.

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Čini mi se kao da  su mahune totalno podcijenjeno povrće. Što je malo tužno, jer ih ja stvarno jako volim. Ovaj recept funkcionira jednako dobro topao ili hladan. Ja obično mahune poslužim tople kao prilog, a hladne kao salatu. Oboje mi je jednako fino.

SASTOJCI:

(Za 4 porcije / 2,24 kn po porciji / 8,97 kn za sve)

2 žlice maslinovog ulja (0,66 kn)

500 g smrznutih zelenih mahuna (7,50 kn)

3 češnja češnjaka, sitno nasjeckana (0,75 kn)

Dobar prstohvat soli (0,01 kn)

Dobar prstohvat svježe mljevenog crnog papra (0,05 kn)

PRIPREMA:

Zagrijte duboku tavu ili lonac na visokoj temperaturi. Dodajte ulje, mahune, sjeckani češnjak, sol i papar pa dobro promiješajte. Kuhajte poklopljeno 10-15 minuta uz povremeno miješanje. Vrijeme kuhanja prilagodite tome kakvu teksturu mahuna volite. Ovaj bi recept jednako dobro funkcionirao i sa svježim mahunama, samo bi ih ja kratko blanširalal prije nego što bi ih stavila kuhati sa češnjakom i začinima.