Side of beans, please

At our house veggies were never the star of the meal.  Well, that has changed.  My husband and I have made the decision to be healthier, and with that means we must eat our fruits and veggies!  But that doesn't mean we are shoving the sweets out the door fully.  It just means will make a better effort to eat more fruits and veggies than sugar.

I thought I would share this recipe with you seeing how your garden will soon be giving you plenty of bounty.  I sure hope you planted green beans for this recipe, if not don't fret, you can always stop by your local farm stand and grab some!

Wait?!  I thought I said we were eating healthy?  Why do I see brown on those greens?   Well a girl has to get her protein and it might as well be from bacon.  I said we were making an effort to be healthy, not giving up good food!

Bacon Wrapped Green Beans

recipe adapted from Taste of Home

8-10 slices of Bacon

1 pound fresh green beans

2 tablespoons butter

2 teaspoons brown sugar

1 Clove garlic pressed or chopped garlic in a jar

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Lightly spray pan with cooking oil.  Clean and cut off the ends(unless you like the ends) of green beans.  In a small sauce pan melt butter on med/low heat.  Add brown sugar and garlic.  While those flavors are mixing, pick out the green beans and put them in groups of 8-10.  Wrap the grouping with a slice of bacon, if it is thick sliced only use half a slice.  Put it in baking dish, seam down.  When you have all your green bean bunches  in your pan then you baste the beans with your butter mixture.  Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.  Take foil off and bake for additional 10 minutes.