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Green Beans Creole

Ingredients

Preparation

  1. Sauté a little minced garlic in a medium skillet until golden; add green beans and a little water; steam just until bright green. Drain the water and add 1 or 2 chopped tomatoes, plus fresh basil leaves and lemon juice to taste. Cover and cook until the tomatoes have softened and the green beans are done to your liking.

Reprinted with permission from Vegan Express: Featuring 160 Recipes for Quick, Delicious, and Healthy Meals by Nava Atlas. Copyright © 2008 by Nava Atlas. Excerpted by permission of Broadway, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Nava Atlas is the author of nine cookbooks, including The Vegetarian Family Cookbook, The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet, and Vegetarian Soups for All Seasons. She lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York with her husband and two teenage sons (all vegans).
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