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This is a site all about beans. Whether you call them snap beans, string beans or green beans, we want you to enjoy them from the ground up! We have planting tips and tips about growing green beans. Once you've harvested your green bean crop learn about canning and freezing your fresh home grown beans. Please read our tips about and canning and freezing your fresh green beans.

We're the experts when it comes to helping cook fresh green beans!

Green Bean Recipes


All of our easy to print flavorful recipes are tried and true, from trusted sources. We also offer valuable cooking tips with our recipes.

Our Easy Recipes for BBQ's and Cookouts include tasty recipes for crab cakes, marinades, sauces for grilling beef, side salads and whole lot more!



We're expanding the n'more of greenbeans n'more to also include recipes (with pictures) from the Mediterranean, Middle East, Morocco, Persia and India. All of these recipes are easier than you think and they're all packed with flavor.

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Recipes

Moroccan Recipes

Persian Recipes

Easy Indian Food Recipes


Green Beans Have World Wide Food Appeal!

Every culture has their own favorite ways to cook green beans.

Asian cultures add spices like garlic, ginger, scallions, chili paste and soy sauce to green beans.


Greek green beans are simmered with onions, tomatoes, garlic and oregano until soft.

Italian recipes for green beans are very similar to the Greek recipes. They call for stewed tomatoes, onion, garlic, basil and parmesan cheese.

French love true haricot verts and cook them using white wine, mushrooms, pearl onions and garlic. Some French recipes call for nothing more than the addition of fresh lemon and parsley.

When you have a perfect ingredient less is actually more.
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It's very easy to tell if green beans are fresh. They will feel fleshy and firm. If you see green beans that are limp and have a wrinkled appearance to them avoid them, they're not fresh.



Green Bean Serving Sizes.

We often get asked "how many servings is in a pound of green beans?"

One pound of fresh green beans trimmed yields approximately 3 cups raw. One pound of fresh green beans trimmed and cooked yields about 2 cups.

Along With Great Taste Green Beans Have Great Nutritional Value!

Green beans are an excellent source of vitamin C, vitamin K and manganese. They are a good source of vitamin A and an excellent source of vitamin C, and 3/4 of a cup of is only 25 calories.




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