Green Beans with Sautéed Celery

Total time: 20 minutes
     Green beans, cooked quickly, then tossed with sautéed celery and a bit of ham for flavor, something a little different from our summer bounty. Blanching them first helps retain their bright color.

 Ingredients:

• 6oz (180gr) green beans, 170gr, 6oz
• 1oz (30gr) baked ham or Prosciutto, 30gr, 1oz ham
• 1 rib celery, (about 1/2 cup sliced), 50gr, 1.8oz
• 1 tbs olive oil, 13.5gr, 4.8oz
• 1 1/2 tbs white balsamic vinegar, 22gr, .78oz
• 1 tsp soy sauce, 5.3gr, .19oz
• 1 tsp brown sugar     substitute honey, 3gr, .1oz
• 1/4 tsp dry mustard
• 2 tbs snipped fresh chives

 Instructions:

• Top and tail beans - cut off the ends.  Cut into 1 1/2 inch lengths (4cm). 
• Heat a medium saucepan half full of water to boiling.  Add the beans and cook for 4 minutes. 
• Remove and plunge into cold water to cool and preserve color.  Drain. 
• Chop ham or Prosciutto. 
• Thinly slice celery. 
• Heat oil in a small skillet.  Add ham or Prosciutto and sauté briefly. 
• Add celery and sauté about 5 minutes.  
• Add remaining ingredients to pan and heat through, stirring to dissolve mustard and sugar. 
• Add beans, heat through and serve.

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Nutrition Information               Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:   262 / 131 Total Carbohydrates:  22 / 11           Dietary Fiber:   7 / 3.5 Total Fat:   16 / 8          Saturated Fat:   3 / 1.5 Cholesterol:   17 / 8.5 Protein:   9 / 4.5 Calcium:   100 / 50 Sodium:    748 / 374

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/