Mixed Beans With Lime Butter Recipe

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Lois Fetting of Nelson, Wisconsin suggests this simple yet delicious way to showcase beans. "It is best with beans fresh from your garden or the farmer's market," she hints.

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Mixed Beans With Lime Butter Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

1/2 pound each fresh green and wax beans, trimmed
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons snipped fresh dill
2 teaspoons lime juice
1 teaspoon grated lime peel
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions

Place beans in saucepan and cover with water; bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain.
Melt butter in a skillet; add the dill, lime juice and peel, salt, pepper and beans. Stir to coat and cook until heated through. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 ounces) equals 85 calories, 6 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 359 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Mixed Beans With Lime Butter in Taste of Home August/September 2000, p18