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Sauteed Chicken With Green Beans, Mustard And Rosemary

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Green Beans With Ginger And Cilantro

Ginger and cilantro perk up a dish of basic green beans. This dish is best when the beans are as crisp as possible, so get everything ready before starting to cook and you'll be done in no time.

Sauteed Green Beans With Shallot And Lemon Zest

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Tuna, Green Bean And Potato Salad With Olives And Anchovies

This is hardly a classic salad Niçoise (no hard boiled eggs or roasted red peppers?), but this is a good starting point for variation. The saltiness of the tuna, olives and anchovies gives great flavor to the vegetables.

English Vegetable Soup

This classic vegetable soup can be made in any season and is flavorful enough for vegetarians and omnivores even when prepared with vegetable stock. Use fresh green beans when avalable, or frozen if not.

Beef Tenderloin, Mixed Lettuce And Green Bean Salad

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Beef, Radicchio And Green Bean Salad With Chile-Lime Dressing

This is a reasonably light (but filling) salad-as-meal, with all the parts playing beautifully off of each other. For a spicier salad, use a full serrano or some other hot pepper, but don't use too much or you'll overpower the dressing.

Green Beans With Basil

Blanched and flavored vegetables are about as easy as it gets, and the flavor pairings are infinite. This match is classic Provençal. You can blanch the beans up to a day ahead of time and refrigerate them in the towel. Then toss the beans with the warm oil and basil just before you're ready to serve them.

Green Beans with Mayo-Soy Sauce

This recipe is from Alanna of A Veggie Venture - it's quick, light, and easy, and as a bonus - low in fat! It was the winner of Root Source Challenge: Soy Sauce. Read more about this recipe at A Veggie Venture.

Fried Bean Curd, Chinese Eggplant And Green Beans With Cellophane Noodles

This quick, spicy stir-fry makes a perfect weeknight meal. Read more about this recipe at Coconut & Lime.

Green Beans Amandine With Leek Chips

This is a fine-tuned version of the classic green beans preparation. The leek rings, or "chips," are also good to snack on before the Thanksgiving feast. Read more about this recipe at the Washington Post.

Sardinian Shepherd's Soup

Known as minestra del pastore, this gentle, nourishing Sardinian soup is made from spring vegetables simmered together with broken noodles in a broth made from goat’s milk. Read more about this recipe on the Cookthink blog.