Name: Basil Buttered Beans
Ingredients: 2 c Green Beans -- fresh, cut; Into 2" pieces; 2 tb Chopped Onion; 2 tb Chopped Celery; 1/4 c Water; 1 ts Butter Buds. -- or butter,; Melted; 1 1/2 ts Fresh Basil -- minced, or; 1/2 ts Dry; 1/4 ts Salt; 1/8 ts Pepper; Pieces

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Digest, Oct., Lacto, Fatfree	2	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Green Beans — fresh, cut
		Into 2" pieces
2	tb	Chopped Onion
2	tb	Chopped Celery
1/4	c	Water
1	ts	Butter Buds. — or butter,
		Melted
1 1/2	ts	Fresh Basil — minced, or
1/2	ts	Dry
1/4	ts	Salt
1/8	ts	Pepper
		Pieces

INSTRUCTIONS

REVISED: the original recipe called for 2 T butter or margarine melted
In a saucepan, combine beans, onion, celery and water.  Cover and cook for
5 min or until beans are tender.  Drain.  Add the butter, basil, salt and
pepper; stir to coat.  Serve immediately.
Recipe By     : Taste of Home, June/July 1994, pg16
Posted by reggie@netcom.com (Reggie Dwork) to the Fatfree Dig. [Vol. 11
Issue 29], Oct. 29, 1994. FATFREE Recipe collections copyrighted by
Michelle Dick 1994. Used with permission. Formatted by Sue Smith,
S.Smith34, TXFT40A@Prodigy.com using MMCONV.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/fatfreex.zip

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