I am for an easy dish as much as the rest of you, but I do think that there should be a little thought put into it.
Buzzfeed recently had a post of the “Most Hilarious Food Network Recipes of All Time”. Here are a few highlights:
- Rachel Ray’s Late Night Bacon – The total list of ingredients: Bacon. Cooking instructions are the same for “first thing in the morning bacon” or “bacon lunch” might be.
- Paula Dean’s English Peas – Ingredients: Peas and a bunch of butter. Heat the peas and serve with butter. I wouldn’t expect anything different from Ms. Dean.
- Ellie Krieger’s Dark Chocolate as a Snack – Ingredients: Dark chocolate. Instructions: Eat.
- Hungry Girl’s Waffle Breakfast Fries – Ingredients: Frozen Waffles. Cut them into strips and eat.
Check out the whole list here.
Green Beans with Cranberries
OK, so this is an easy one too, but at least has a few ingredients and steps. Plus this is a great way to make your veggie side stand out.
Such an easy recipe to make.
Beans are ready to be roasted.
Mixed together.
Colorful, crunchy and satisfying.
Green Beans with Cranberries
source Foodnetwork.com
INGREDIENTS
- 2 pounds green beans
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
DIRECTIONS
Toss 2 pounds green beans with 3 tablespoons olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Roast at 425 degrees F, 15 minutes. Toss in 1/4 cup each dried cranberries and sliced almonds. Roast until the green beans are charred, 5 more minutes.
Rantings of an Amateur Chef 
Hilarious. They left off the recipe for making a glass of water: “hold empty glass under faucet. Turn faucet on. Hint: avoid hot water.”
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Mmmm..green beans! Too often subjected to just holiday-related dishes. I actually steamed some last night with just some lemon and black pepper. I will try this combo for sure.
Wait, you are supposed to eat the waffle fries frozen? Huh. I think I could offer some additional recipes to the Food Network: “post-Saturday night out cooked lentils” – all you need is just a can and a spoon to have high-protein, salted fun!
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I like your beans with cranberries recipe a whole lot better :). Thank goodness for a few helpful food bloggers out there. And it’s “almost” as easy as the so-called recipes you’ve posted here. Cranberries are a wonderful food to add to the menu. I have a strange, easy, delicious and traditional cranberry recipe coming up next Tuesday, the idea for which I found by accident! Happy New Year, Pat!
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I’ve seen the bacon recipe a few times–I’ve learned to stay away from the Food Network recipe section–as a general rule. 😉
These beans look amazing–similar to what I do with my brussels sprouts, and unlike the sprouts, I bet my kids will love these!
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That is funny on what Food Network had;) Like your recipe.
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Sometimes the less said, the better. But got to say I love your vegetable recipes!!!!
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Those recipes (so to speak) are pretty funny! Thanks for sharing and Happy New Years!
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I was wanting to try a new, healthy, and easy recipe to start off the new year right. I think I’ll try two – your green beans and cranberries recipe and Ellie Krieger’s dark chocolate as a snack. I hope I can find time to make both!
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This does sound simple but really appealing to me! Will try it. Recently roasted green beans for the first time for a Thanksgiving dish and I was surprised how crunchy and flavorful they were despite roasting. Happy New Year!
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This roasted green bean dish perfectly complemented black eye peas and ham New Years Day dinner. Thanks for posting it.
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