Sesame Ginger Garlic Green Beans

Name: Sesame Ginger Garlic Green Beans
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 11 min
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 package Birds Eye Steam Fresh Green Beans; 2 Cloves Garlic, minced; 1/4 tsp Salt; 1/4 tsp Ground Pepper; 1/2 tsp Toasted Sesame Oil; 1 1/2 tsp Fresh Grated Ginger

by Megan Keno on Jan 2, 2017 (updated Aug 7, 2023) 16 comments »

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Simple, spicy, and totally healthy these sesame ginger garlic green beans are the perfect weeknight side dish with a little Asian flair.

Dish Count :: 1 bag Birdseye Steamfresh Green Beans + 1 Mixing Bowl

Green beans with sesame sprinkled on top in a blue and white bowl

New year, new resolutions, and new ways to try and making eating healthier bearable… Oy vey. This weekend saw me prepping for my latest round of Whole30 like a complete maniac. The kitchen was in disarray, dishes were everywhere, and I’m pretty sure all the dishes made my hands chap. It’s super sexy.

I spent day after day of the new year with large pans of vegetables, chicken, and soup, all trying to prepare mass quantities enough food for a week so that I could be secure knowing that I wasn’t going to die of Whole30 induced starvation for not preparing enough compliant breakfasts, lunches, and dinners to keep me on plan. But with all those dishes, it was just too much.

And sadly it wasn’t until the very end and this recipe came to me that I knew preparing for success, and a healthy, inspired meal, could be so easy.

Ben and I had time off this weekend to spend together and run the errands that normally I do solo. Even the most mundane of things can be more fun with someone around. I ran aisle to aisle checking labels, double checking my list, and grabbed a couple of bags of these Birdseye Steamfresh bags of green beans and brussels sprouts not quite sure what I could do with them at the moment – but I knew it would come to me.

And it did.

Garlic sesame green beans in a blue and white bowl with ginger

I gathered a few remaining things I had on hand, ginger, garlic, sesame seeds, and some toasted sesame oil and got to work. With the day fading, much like my patience, I put a bag of green beans into the microwave, and in the time it took them to steam, I whipped up a quick toss sauce of minced garlic, salt, pepper, grated ginger, and sesame oil. Into the bowl went the beans and with a quick toss, they were all deliciously coated.

The half that I didn’t eat straight out of the bowl, I packed away for my lunches for the rest of this week. The toasted sesame and garlic are a match made in veggie heaven, with the ginger brightening the whole green bean dish.

Ingredients for Sesame Ginger Garlic Green Beans

Birds Eye Steam Fresh Green Beans
Garlic
Salt
Ground Pepper
oasted Sesame Oil
Fresh Grated Ginger

Our week is paved with the best of intentions to eat healthy, and when we are so busy I’m taking inspiration from anywhere I can. To get more inspired frozen food ideas like mine visit Fresh Ideas from the Freezer. It ranges from breakfasts, to dinners, and even healthy snacks for your family. The Popcorn Chicken Ramen, and healthy Lettuce Wraps are next on my list.

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