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you know how this goes,...

Some days, when I come home from work, too tired to go the extra way to the grocery store, I drop of my bag, coat and shoes and make my way into the kitchen to have a look what's left in the fridge. (Not much these days, I can tell you. When you try to move your household from one end of the word to another within the next week, you can't have many things in your cupboards, freezer or fridge. )

When you finally found some appealing ingredients and managed, somehow, to create a nice dish, it's hard to tell afterwards what (and especially HOW MUCH) you actually put in it.

I liked my lemon beans, I had made the other night. They were not at all like the beans I have known since my childhood (and which I never really loved): boiled forever so that they turned mushy and brown, covered with a sticky white sauce. But guess what, I do not remember exactly how I made them.

But aren't recipes just guidelines to experiment with?
This one definitely is!



lemon beans
(serves 2)

2 cups green beans
1 onion
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 Tsp onion seeds
Olive oil
fresh garlic, pepper and salt to taste
2-3 Tbsp of water

1. peel and chop the onion and garlic and wash and clean the green beans (or make somebody do it for you, since it's a lousy job).
2. heat olive oil in a heavy based saucepan and fry the onion seeds, garlic and onions till they turn slightly brown.
3. Add lemon juice, water and the green beans. Cover and let simmer 5-10 min (depending on how soft you want the beans to be)
4. Uncover the beans and wait (with hight heat) till all the water has evaporated. Serve immediately.