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by Amber Narro
Green bean casserole gets lighter
It’s
the
most
Scott and Carrie’s suggestion for a lighter
wonderful time of the Green Bean Casserole
year – for everything
but your waistline. And
Ingredients:
no one is immune.
3 tablespoons Olive Oil divided
Our plan is going
1 Vidalia or sweet onion sliced thin
to work this year. We
8 ounces fresh mushrooms
are going to make
1 table spoon onion powder
things less fattening
½ teaspoon garlic powder
and make sure we
1 ¼ teaspoon salt divided
skip meals to make up
½ teaspoon dried thyme
for it. And then BeBe
½ teaspoon fresh cracked pepper
Anderson’s
fudge
2/3 cup all purpose flour divided
arrives (see recipe on Page 31). And mom
1 cup low fat milk
brings the stuffing.
3 tablespoons dry sherry
Time for real talk.
1 pound frozen green beans
There is no way we’re turning away
1/3 cup reduced fat sour cream
momma’s stuffing!
1 cup butter milk
We can just do what we can do. One
¼ cup Italian bread crumbs
option is to just try. Don’t give up and go all
1 teaspoon paprika
in or you’ll sorry when you’re trying to get
into your dress clothes for the New Year. But
1.Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray 2 ½
don’t allow this to be the time of year when quart baking dish with non-stick spray.
you avoid everything.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large pan
It’s not going to work either way.
over medium heat. Add diced onion and
So, just like last year, Scott and Carrie saute about 4 min. Stir in mushrooms,
Higgs are suggesting that we change a couple onion powder, 1 teaspoon salt, thyme and
things in our traditional recipes to lighten pepper. Cook until mushroom juices almost
them up without sacrificing the taste.
evaporated 3-5 min. Sprinkle 1/3 cup of
Check out their green bean casserole. Scott flour over veggies. Stir to coat. Add milk and
and Carrie found a recipe on eatingwell.com sherry and bring to simmer stirring often. Stir
that skips the canned soup, a lot of the fat in green beans and return to simmer. Cook
and the excessive sodium.
approx. 1 min. Stir in sour cream and butter
Just a little tweak here or there, and you’re milk , then bread crumbs.
in business. Yes, you’re going to have to hit
3. Whisk remaining 1/3 cup flour , paprika,
the gym a little extra when you cheat. It’s garlic powder and remaining salt in shallow
simple math. You have to burn off what dish. Add sliced onions, toss and coat. Heat
you take in, or you’ll gain weight. And we remaining 2 tablespoons oil in large non stick
never keep our promises to ourselves while skillet over med high heat. Add onion along
we’re inhaling the cheesecake. Eat the good with remaining flour and cook until golden
stuff, but in moderation. And any time you and crispy approx. 4-5 min. Spread onion
can, sub out for the less fattening and more topping over casserole.
healthy options.
4. Bake casserole until bubbling approx.
15 min. Allow to cool 5 min prior to serving.