10.12.2010

Spicy Parmesan Green Beans + Roasted Fingerling Potatoes



My CSA box was great last week: lots of wonderful green beans, chards, and kale, tiny fingerling potatoes, juicy pears..... To enjoy their freshness right away, I went for a large casserole recipe (this one adapted from Giada Laurentiis is pretty good). I also added some roasted fingerling potatoes.





Spicy Parmesan Green Beans and Kale
(Giada de Laurentiis - Food Network)

Ingredients
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, sliced
1/4 pound cremini mushrooms, trimmed and quartered (about 14 mushrooms)
1 1/2 pounds green beans, trimmed and slice into 1-inch pieces
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup white wine
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 bunch kale (1/2 pound), rinsed, stemmed, and roughly chopped
2 tablespoons lemon juice (about 1/2 a lemon)
3 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan

Directions
1. Warm the olive oil in a large, heavy saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook until translucent, about 4 minutes. 
2. Add the mushrooms, green beans, salt, and pepper and cook for 2 minutes.
3. Add the wine and continue cooking until the green beans are almost tender, about 5 minutes. 
4. Add the red pepper flakes and the kale and continue cooking until the kale has wilted, about 4 to 5 minutes.
5. Add the lemon juice and the Parmesan cheese. Toss to coat and serve immediately.

1 comment:

Read/Write/Run said...

Anne,

This food is making me very hungry. I'm trying to get a group together that like running and the outdoors to share experiences via blogging. I'm an environmental engineer who recently applied for a job-guess where- Mountain View, CA with Google. Small world. Anyway, feel free to stop by my blog and say hello. I just started it.

Take care,

Ken