How to make green beans taste better?

[ceyoung]

Because of my diet right now i eat 2-3 meals a day consisting of unseasoned chicken and green beans. I don't like to cook, or clean up after cooking. Is there something simple I can add to the green beans to make them taste better?

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[kyro]

Butter, salt, and bacon fat.

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Because of my diet right now

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Oh.

[ceyoung]

yah, i'd usually put salt on them, but im going clean for 4 weeks so i can lose 3lbs/week. which means low salt, low fat (30g/day or less), and only low GI carbs.

fun fact: green beans have a glycemic index of 0

[stabn]

Buy corn.

[mslif]

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Because of my diet right now i eat 2-3 meals a day consisting of unseasoned chicken and green beans. I don't like to cook, or clean up after cooking. Is there something simple I can add to the green beans to make them taste better?

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It is kind of tricky since you are on a diet. try to put some garlic or garlic salt on it. Also use a little bit of olive oil (it is not bad for you). Hopefully it will taste better

[Soul Daddy]

Red Hot

[NoOuts]

blanch them quickly, then finish with lemon juice and finely chopped parsley. (a la julia child in 'the way to cook')

[Blarg]

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blanch them quickly, then finish with lemon juice and finely chopped parsley. (a la julia child in 'the way to cook')

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This is a good idea. Lemon really adds a great flavor to vegetables and a surprising range of things. Hot pepper can do the same, waking up the taste buds and making bland food taste better.

White pepper also dresses them up nicely. Garlic adds a powerful flavor to both chicken and green beens, and anything else, as does finely chopped onion.

You can eat an incredible amount of non-starchy vegetables and still lose weight. If you want to add broccoli, peppers, onion, garlic, chives, brussel sprouts, whatever -- they are mostly very low calorie and water and fiber, all of which are quite good for you. So are herbs, which you can eat as much of as you want. There is no reason to eat anything completely unspiced unless that's just the taste you prefer. Cutting out the salt, though is a good idea. Almost everything we eat that is a prepared food has salt in it, and often extremely high amounts, as in much canned and frozen prepared dishes -- perhaps most famously Campbell's soup, which has about a weak's worth of salt in a single can.

Don't be afraid to eat healthy oils, like olive oil and flaxseed oil. They help our bodies work and actually provide the ability to get rid of cholesterol and metabolize other fats. We do need fats for optimum health; just not the wrong fats or excessive amounts. You won't harm yourself by stir-frying some vegetables in a tablespoon of olive oil, and will add a huge burst of nutrients and flavor to your dull routine.

Chicken and green beans are nutritious and wonderfully low calorie, but you can still loose an awful lot of weight, and get much better nutrition, by eating a variety of vegetables. Just stay away from starches(healthy helpings of vegetables and fruit supply adequate carbs), salt, and fatty dressings, and exercise at least 15 or 20 minutes per day to keep your metabolism slightly raised to burn more fat. And be sure to take a one-a-day vitamin, especially if you are indulging in restricted diets, which are almost always nutritionally unsound.

[ceyoung]

good advice for the whole forum on the diet.

but, you are preaching to the choir here. I used to be really into nutrition and bodybuilding. I've done a couple mass/cutting cycles where I added about 25lbs in 12 weeks, then cut back down in 12 weeks retaining most of the muscle i put on. which is pretty stressful for the body, but i find it works the best.

i do take fish oils which are my main fats for the day. and i take multivitamins. I just like the green beans and chicken because its simple and i can batch cook the stuff to last 3 days.

i will definitely start adding some lemon and pepper to the green beans to add some much needed flavor. it's sounds exactly what i was looking for, simple.