Green Beans With Blue Cheese Recipes

Steps:

• Combine beans, olive oil, garlic, oregano, thyme, and salt in a microwave-safe dish.
• Cover and cook in the microwave on high, stirring twice, until beans are tender, 7 to 9 minutes. Stir in blue cheese. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Place the first eight ingredients in a blender; cover and process until combined. Gradually add oil in a steady stream, processing until smooth; set aside. , Place the beans in a large saucepan and cover with water; bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and place in a serving bowl. Drizzle with the blue cheese mixture and sprinkle with bacon.

Steps:

• Steam or cook green beans for about 5 minutes, until tender-crisp. Drain and set aside.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add walnuts and saute for a minute or so, to soften the nuts and flavor the butter.
• Add the cooked green beans and stir to coat beans with the flavored butter.
• Remove from heat. Stir in the blue cheese and serve immediately.

Steps:

• In 2-quart saucepan, place beans in 1 inch water. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 8 to 10 minutes or until beans are crisp-tender; drain. Place in serving bowl; cover to keep warm.
• Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, cook pecans over medium heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently until nuts begin to brown, then stirring constantly until nuts are golden brown and toasted. Place in small bowl; reserve.
• In same 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Heat, stirring constantly about 6 minutes or until butter is golden brown. (Once the butter begins to brown, it browns very quickly and can bum, so use low heat and watch carefully.) Immediately remove from heat. Pour over beans; toss to coat. Sprinkle with cheese and reserved pecans.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels. Drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings. , In the drippings, cook and stir the beans for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add the blue cheese, pecans, pepper and bacon. Cook for 2 minutes or until heated through.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Cut top 1/3 off garlic heads, exposing the cloves. Place garlic in the prepared baking dish cut side up. Pour olive oil over the garlic and season with salt. Fold up foil and seal to create a tight packet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a paring knife inserts easily into the center of a garlic clove, about 1 hour; set aside to cool. Once cool, remove each garlic clove from the skin. Reserve remaining olive oil.
• Increase oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil; add green beans and cook until bright green and nearly tender, 4 to 6 minutes. Drain beans and transfer to a large bowl of ice water to cool completely; drain well and set aside.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add almonds; cook and stir until lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Toss green beans, roasted garlic and reserved olive oil, toasted almonds, and 1 tablespoon olive oil together in a large bowl; season with cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Transfer to a shallow baking dish and top with blue cheese.7
• Bake until cheese is melted and beans are fully tender, about 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Place green beans in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain. Place the beans in a bowl; refrigerate until chilled. , Add the blue cheese, olives, oil, salt and pepper; toss gently to coat. Refrigerate until serving.

Steps:

• In a small bowl whisk together mustard, vinegar, shallot and oil.
• Prepare a bowl with ice water.
• In a saucepan with a small amount of water, blanch/steam the beans until JUST firm-tender (about 3-4 minutes); drain through a colander, then immediately transfer to the bowl of ice water just for a couple of minutes to cool and keep the colour.
• Remove the beans to a bowl and dry well patting with paper towels.
• Drizzle the dressing over the beans; toss to combine.
• Season with black pepper and a pinch of salt.
• Add in blue cheese and almonds; toss to combine.
• Transfer to a serving plate or bowl, and sprinkle with more sliced toasted almonds.
• Serve at room temperature.
• Delicious!

Steps:

• Pre cook beans in lightly salted water about 5 to 6 minutes.
• While beans are cooking, mix bread crumbs and butter.
• Drain beans in bowl lined with paper towels to absorb moisture.
• Put about 1/3 of the crumb mixture in bottom of lightly sprayed casserole dish.
• Add green beans, crumbled bleu cheese and heavy cream.
• Add the rest of crumb mixture and season to taste with pepper.
• Bake at 350 for about 15 min.until bubbly.
• Let rest for about 5 minute before serving, as it will be extremely hot and could burn your mouth!

Steps:

• In a large bowl whisk together mustard, vinegar, shallot, and 1/2 tablespoon oil to make dressing. In a small heavy skillet heat remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté pecans with salt to taste, stirring frequently, until a shade darker, about 1 minute. Transfer nuts to paper towels to drain and cool. Coarsely chop nuts.
• Have ready a bowl of ice and cold water. In a large saucepan of boiling salted water blanch beans until just tender, about 3 minutes, and drain in a colander. Transfer beans to ice water, stirring until just cool. Drain beans well and add to dressing. Crumble blue cheese over beans and gently toss with half of nuts and salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve beans at room temperature topped with remaining nuts.