Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, green bean casserole (from scratch). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Green Bean Casserole (from scratch) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Green Bean Casserole (from scratch) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook green bean casserole (from scratch) using 14 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Green Bean Casserole (from scratch):
- Make ready 450 g (1 lb.) Green beans
- Get 250 g (1/2 lb.) mushrooms
- Make ready White mushroom sauce (béchamel):
- Make ready 2 Tbsp (30 g) butter
- Make ready 2 Tbsp flour
- Get 120 ml (1/2 cup) whole milk
- Get 120 ml (1/2 cup) water from blanching beans, vegetable broth or more milk
- Make ready 2 pinches ground nutmeg
- Make ready 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- Get Topping:
- Take 1/2 onion, sliced thinly
- Take pinch salt
- Get 1/2 Tbsp flour
- Get 1/2 cup Breadcrumbs for tossing onions
Instructions to make Green Bean Casserole (from scratch):
- Wash and cut of any stems of the green beans. Bring a pot of water to a boil, add a good amount of salt and blanch the green beans for 2-3 minutes. Drain and immediately cool in ice water or running cold water.
- Chop up the mushrooms into small pieces
- Prepare the sauce: Melt butter in a heavy pot or frying pan. Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes until they are soft and juices are starting to come out.
- Stir in the flour. Cook for 3 min. on medium heat.
- GRADUALLY add in the milk and whisk constantly to keep clumps out.
- Bring the milk to a boil slowly, make sure you stir constantly. Cook on very low heat at a bare simmer for 15-20 minutes or until thicker.
- Season with some salt to taste, a dash of ground nutmeg and optional cayenne.
- Make the fried onions: Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil or butter in a frying pan. Fry onions on medium low until browned stirring often - it will take several minutes.
- Toward the end when the onions have started to brown, sprinkle with a little flour to help crisp them up. Fry for another couple minutes until crisp.
- Toss onions with 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- Preheat oven to 375°F/190°C. Arrange green beans in a baking dish big enough to hold them compactly. Pour over the sauce and spread out evenly.
- Bake for 20 minutes covered lightly with aluminum, or until bubbly and hot. (the baking time may vary depending on how deep your dish is - adjust by adding more time or baking less as needed).
- Remove from oven. Sprinkle the onion breadcrumb topping on top and bake another 5-15 minutes until breadcrumbs are browned.
- Serve and enjoy!
Going Green for Greater Health By Consuming Superfoods
One of the strongest points of going green is to slow down and bask in life. Despite the fast pace of our modern-day world, you can accomplish this. We need to take a step back and prevent diseases before they occur. Numerous folks have the attitude of ruining the body today, and heal it with a pill tomorrow. Wherever you look, you hear about some magic pill that will at once fix your latest problem. Of course, you may get better by taking a pill but not if you continue the same old unhealthy habits. Unlike buying a car, you won’t be able to trade in your worn out body for a new one. You must look after your health while you are able to. Proper nutrition is essential for your body to run at top levels.
When you eat, do you eat out of convenience or taste without determining if what you are eating is good for you? Do you regularly eat junk food and a lot of fried foods from fast food restaurants? With all of the sugar-laden starchy and fatty food that most people consume, it’s not surprising that new diseases are discovered on a regular basis. A growing number of people are developing diabetes, high blood pressure, and other diseases as a result of the foods they ingest. A lot of people are at last realizing the importance of their food choices and are becoming more health conscious. Good nutritious food is now being sold at local grocery and health food stores.
Most likely, your local grocery store today has an organic food area. This food section is full of what are now recognized as superfoods. That name has been given to 14 foods that have been found to slow down some diseases, or even reverse them. By eating these superfoods, your body will more fit. You will start to feel a lot better when you choose to eat the superfoods instead of junk food. By getting the correct nutrition, your body will run the way it is supposed to function. As a result, your immune system will easily fend off illnesses.
Be sure to add these superfoods into your daily diet. Foods such as beans and berries are great to start. Leafy veggies, such as broccoli, spinach, and green tea. Walnuts and whole grains are a few other essentials. Moreover, you may wish to eat salmon, turkey, yogurt, soya, tomatoes, oranges, and pumpkins. Making these foods a normal part of your diet will eliminate your problems with gaining weight.
You will enjoy good health as you decide to eat the green living way. Your immune system will be better, and your body is likely to become disease free. You can anticipate a healthy future by modifying your food choices now.
