French Beans with Pine Nuts and Walnuts
Healthy! Healthy! Go nuts with this healthy dish! When I saw this recipe in Mind your Body (a weekly supplement from the Strait Times), I just wanted to make this healthy dish immediately. I tweaked the recipe a little by blanching the French beans instead of frying and added extra tomatoes (I love tomatoes!) and pine nuts. Simply love the combination, so delicious that I just can’t stop munching them.
Let’s read what they say about this healthy dish :
“Fruit and vegetables are rich in soluble fibre, which lowers the level of “bad” cholesterol and , in turn, the risk of heart disease and stroke. Make them more heart healthy by cooking them in oil with less saturated fat and more unsaturated fat, and adding walnuts, which are rich in unsaturated fat.
When consumed, saturated fat is converted into low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or “bad” cholesterol. In excess, it is deposited on artery walls, narrowing the arteries.
Unsaturated fat, however, turns into high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or “good” cholesterol, which gets rid of “bad” cholesterol.” See! No more excuses for not trying this healthy dish yourself at home 🙂
French Beans with Pine Nuts and Walnuts
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Author: Ann Low
Serves: serves 2-3
Ingredients
- 2 tsp Olive oil
- 1 tsp Shallot, sliced
- 1 tsp Garlic, chopped
- 300g French beans
- 8-10 Cherry tomatoes (red/orange), wth seeds removed and sliced
- 20g Walnuts, toasted
- 20g Pine nuts, toasted
Instructions
- Rinse French beans and cut it to 3 sections. Blanch French beans into boiling water with a pinch of salt for 2-3 minutes, dish up and drain well.
- In a preheated pan, saute the shall0t and garlic in the olive oil till they become fragrant, off heat.
- Add the French beans and sliced tomatoes, toss them well.
- Add salt and pepper to taste. Lastly add in the toasted pine nuts and walnut and serve.
Hope you have a happy and healthy weekend!
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Love green beans ! The added walnuts sure adds a nice crunch 😀 Simple yet delicious !
thank you ancoo for the prompt reply
Helena, 谢谢你的支持。真是辛苦你了。
是时候吃健康餐了，要不然衣服真的穿不下。。。哈哈哈
Hi Blalan,
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Ann我看是我家的线很慢，所以一直load不到这个留言格子。今天再试几次终于可以了。
你最近都准备了很多营养健康食谱，真的很好。
hi
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ya, this is a healthy dish and nice crunchy.
Sounds so healthy! Love the combination.
Simple and healthy stir fry
I love your healthy French Beans with Pine nuts and Walnuts! I love adding nuts to my veggies too for a little crunch. 🙂
好健康，我喜欢 ：）
It's so colorful, it shouts health!
Very healthy dish!!!! Good for me too, Ann 🙂
A very nutritious and delicious side dish, Ann.
I'll definitely need more walnuts….. for my brain! Lovely to snack on!
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Ann, I love this crunchy nutty dish!
What a lovely looking meal! So healthy and attractive! I love it!
这个有核桃的呢，超级有营养的！！
健康的食物， 还加了很多的豆豆， 我喜欢！
appetizing!!!! want choo eat! and then take the bowl and fork home
Ann, 我来吃午饭的，嘻嘻嘻～
Regards,
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Healthy!
Wow nice dish and so healthy!
Hi Ann,
You must be feeling after eating this healthy dish! I would 😀
Zoe
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I love this protein packed dish! The nuts and french beans go well together.
Such a healthy dish.
Love this, Ann! Healthy yet delicious and beautiful! Oh pics are just stunning as always!
健康的菜肴。我喜欢这样的 。
Going nuts over this dish! Healthy and tasty.
this looks wonderful great healthy side dish
A nutritious yummy dish,full of crunch and flavours…a good diet dish to keep..thanks for sharing