Yesterday was Christmas with my family. We did it a little early this year because with Husband and I living almost 3 hours away from my family it's just not practical to see bot hour families in one or two days at Christmas time. So we've been alternating families for Christmas for quite a few years now. Hence this past weekend was "Christmas" with my family. It was a nice relaxing weekend at my sister's house and I brought a vegetable dish as my share of the family dinner. I thought of bringing green beans and then found this recipe in my Mark Bittman Food Matters cookbook. It's a mixture of sweetness, spice and nutty that really goes great together and was a nice compliment to our traditional Christmas dinner. Everyone really liked it even my sometimes hard to please with food father and Husband too who was not exactly glad to hear that I was making green beans.
I made these at my sister's house but if you wanted to take a dish as your contribution to a meal this is also great because it doesn't have to be served warm. It can be served at room temperature, but it can be served warm too for those of you freaking at eating something less than hot.
I think this is a terrific vegetable dish and you might be able to convince all the "greens" haters out there to give this a shot because the nuts make this seem like something other than just a pile of veg on your plate. Anyhow, I'm telling you to give this one a chance you will not regret it.
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