Green Beans Almondine #tastecreations

Our Taste Creations bloggers have put together the ultimate dine in Valentine menu for you!  You can make this gorgeous meal for your loved ones and impress them with your culinary talents!  Dining in has lots of advantages.  It's generally cheaper and you control what goes into the dish. You need less salt? You can do that. It's easy to do this in your own kitchen!

To start our meal, take a look at this beautiful Caprese Salad with Mozzarella Hearts appetizer made by Lauren from Mom Home Guide.  This is easy to make ahead of time so you can set it out when you start cooking. This would be good with some sparkling wine, or sparkling grape juice.

Our next course is this heart-healthy salad made by Evelyne from Nemcsok Farms. The Happy Heart salad is fresh with delightful fruits and spring mix greens.

Our main dish is made by Rosemary from An Italian in My Kitchen. Look at this beautiful Easy Italian Baked Shrimp!  It's a light dish that helps save room for dessert!

As a side dish, I made Green Beans Almondine to go along with the shrimp.  I used fresh green beans so that you would get a little snap.  It is an easy side dish to prepare and you can make this in advance and reheat when you cook your shrimp.

Yield: 4Author: Terri Steffes

Green Beans Almondine

The perfect side dish for any protein.

prep time: 5 minscook time: 12 minstotal time: 17 mins

ingredients:

• 1 lb fresh green beans
• 1/2 red onion, finely diced
• 2 T butter
• 1/3 c sliced almonds
• 1/2 lemon

instructions

1. Melt 1 T butter in a medium skillet.  Add onion and saute until golden brown.  Add garlic and cook for about 30 seconds.  Add almond and cook for about two minutes.  Remove mixture from pan.  Melt 1 T butter in the same skillet.  Add in green beans and saute until desired doneness.  Remove from skillet to serving dish.  Top green beans with the mixture and Sprinkle on juice from the lemon.

calories
141

fat (grams)
10

sat. fat (grams)
4

carbs (grams)
12

net carbs
7

protein (grams)
4

sugar (grams)
4

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And for dessert, the always wonderful Nikki Wills made Blood Orange Cupcakes  There will be a few leftovers to share with your children later.  I would love these with a wonderful glass of champagne.

The recipes for the other dishes are on each blog. Just head over and print out the recipes! Send photos to us if you make our meal!  We'd love to see it!

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♥ Lauren is @momhomeguide

♥ Rosemary is @anitalianinmykitchen

♥ Nikki is @tikkido

♥ Evelyn is @evelyne_nemscok

♥ And I am at @tsteffes