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If you have a bonanza of beans this time of year, or you’re hankering for a fresh-tasting, healthy, lemony side dish, try these Lemon-Ginger String Beans.<\/p>\nIf you have a bonanza of beans this time of year, or you’re hankering for a fresh-tasting, healthy, lemony side dish, try these Lemon-Ginger String Beans.<\/p>\n
It’s a Weight Watchers recipe from the Best Eats cookbook\u00a0and has only 1 point per serving and only 55 calories. I just discovered it and have made it three days in a row.<\/p>\n
Don’t even tell your family it’s from Weight Watchers. They’d never guess.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 2 teaspoons olive oil<\/p>\n 2 garlic cloves, minced<\/p>\n 1 tablespoon grated peeled fresh ginger<\/p>\n 3\/4 pound fresh green or yellow beans, trimmed, or 3 cups thawed frozen green beans<\/p>\n 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest (Or 1 medium lemon)<\/p>\n 2 tablespoons lemon juice<\/p>\n 1\/8 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n 1\/8 teaspoon black pepper Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and ginger. Cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute.<\/p>\n Add the beans. Cook, stirring constantly, until softened, about 2 minutes.<\/p>\n Add the lemon zest and juice. Cover and cook until the beans are crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in salt and pepper.<\/p>\n Per Serving (1\/4 cup): 55 calories, 3 g Fat, 0 g Saturated Fat, 0 grams Trans Fat, 0 mg Cholestoerol, 76 mg Sodium, 8 grams carbs, 3 grams Fiber, 2 grams protein, 44 mg. Calc. Points: 1\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n If you have a bonanza of beans this time of year, or you’re hankering for a fresh-tasting, healthy, lemony side dish, try these Lemon-Ginger String Beans. It’s a Weight Watchers recipe from the Best Eats cookbook\u00a0and has only 1 point per serving and only 55 calories. I just discovered it and have made it three\u2026 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":3,"wds_primary_category":642,"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[687],"class_list":{"0":"post-4522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-off-topic","7":"tag-my-favorite-recipes","8":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42055,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522\/revisions\/42055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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