Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2012

Very tasty side dish. I used 5 fresh garden tomatoes instead of the canned, some fresh basil and about 1 tsp of oregano. Turned out wonderful!! Thank you for posting a great way to use fresh green beans.

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misty

Cooking Level: Beginning

Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2012

This was a great way to eat green beans. The sauce was delicious and they went great with egg noodles (with butter, cheese and garlic salt on them).

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Jbooshey

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Columbus, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2011

This was an easy dish for a buffet style meal. Next time I'm trying fresh tomato and basil.

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opentoedshoesan

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Burlington, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2011

I can't believe someone said it was too salty, more so since the recipe said salt to taste. Maybe they don’t know what salt to taste means, insert crazy face here. At any rate my only recommendations would be replace is, replace the vegetable with olive oil, and 1 tablespoon of oil with 1 tablespoon of butter to fry the garlic. Other than that it was very good.

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KingSparta

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Marmora, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 6, 2011

For some reason I was thinking this would be more like a country vegetable, but it reminded me a little of Italian style green beans. It was similar in taste to the Italian style green beans in a can. I didn't have the oregano and basil canned diced tomatoes, so I just added a pinch of both seasonings to regular canned diced tomatoes. However, what surprised me about the recipe is, after the green beans are added, they have to simmer for well over an hour! The recipe does not indicate how long it typically takes for fresh green beans to soften. I was not aware of that. That is also on top of the 30-45 minutes to simmer the sauce first. That is a lot of time for a side dish that serves 4. I think it would have been better to just use frozen defrosted green beans. I don't think that would have affected the taste, but it maybe would have cut the cooking time in half.

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Blender Woman

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Living In: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 23, 2011

I really enjoyed these, instead of using canned tomatoes, I used fresh diced roma tomatoes and then tomato paste and water in place of the tomato sauce. I also threw in some cauliflower, very yummy :)

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Niroszyckame

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada

Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2011

My boys are not the biggest fan of green beans, but I made these tonight, called them "spaghetti green beans" and they were a huge hit! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

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jess.church

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Haubstadt, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 14, 2010

VERY DELICIOUS AND EASY!

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Netsmom

Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2010

Very tasty way to change up the good ol' green bean! Thanks!

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*Laura*

Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2009

I don't think this one will be a fan with little kida, but as groovigryl said, her kid liked it, so I still don't know. I guess some kids like green beans, but not many...!

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