You might also like these recipes for garlic green beans, vegan green bean casserole and Trinidadian green beans. Green beans are easy to love in simple recipes like Indian paruppu usili. Here’s one more recipe that is a delicious showcase for these healthful veggies: these 15-minute, five-ingredient, creamy chipotle green beans. This is an incredibly easy side dish, even if you are prepping the string beans from scratch. You can prep as you go. Put a pot of water on the boil, trim your beans and chop them, and mix up the four-ingredient sauce in a blender. That’s all there is to it. You can stir up some fried onions or shallots into your recipe for a little extra kick. As Thanksgiving draws closer, I want to give thanks today for my three trouble-making and utterly lovable sidekicks, Lily, Billy and Leo, who some of you are already familiar with through this blog. Lily, who came to us as a street rescue from Puerto Rico, has made tremendous progress with overcoming disabling fears and challenges since she came to us in January 2016, not long after my beloved Opie had passed away. Lily, who had no doubt faced terrible abuse on the streets, was extremely fearful of every human she came in contact with, including us, and it was impossible to pick her up or even put her on a leash to walk – something dog parents would find hard to imagine because most dogs will go into a frenzy at the word “walk.” Lily spent most of her time in our home for the first few weeks either hiding under our bed, or under the dining table. It has taken nearly two years, but Lily is now a happy little creature who loves to eat, loves to run around in the backyard, loves to walk, and who will sit down sweetly to get her leash on. She walks with the energy of a feisty little firecracker, tail up high and wagging, eager to meet other dogs and bark back at anyone who challenges her from across a fence. Part of the credit for Lily’s transformation goes to Leo, who came to us in January this year and has helped bring Lily out of her shell to some extent. Leo is a rescue from a dog meat farm in South Korea who would have met a terrible end had he not been rescued by Humane Society International. He is an incredibly handsome young guy, so much so that he stops traffic (seriously) and has fans in the neighborhood who will bring him toys. Check to get new recipe updates by email.
When Leo came to us as a four-month-old puppy who had been confined to a cage since his birth, he wasn’t used to walking on a leash either, and even the feel of grass under his feet was unfamiliar. He too was timid for the first few days and would not go out for a walk, but after a few days of getting on the leash reluctantly, he began to look forward to his outings. Eventually Lily, realizing she was missing out on a good thing, began to accompany us. Now, the word “walk” sets off a joyful canine frenzy in our home too. 🙂 The undisputed king of our little animal kingdom is Billy, the sweetest and smartest cat in the world. Billy was rescued in Virginia and found his way to our home via PETA. Like every cat we’ve ever known, Billy has his wits about him and knows exactly how to get what he wants from us. One area where he frequently butts heads with us is over his ardent desire to go exploring outdoors. We live on a fairly busy city street, and all of our cats have been indoor cats. But Billy, having had a taste of living outdoors in his early life, continues to yearn to get out and will outsmart us by staging an escape every now and then. He usually returns within the hour, because he probably can’t stand leaving the house to the dogs for too long. 🙂 On now to the recipe for these delicious Creamy Chipotle Green Beans.
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