{"id":890,"date":"2009-11-20T12:59:09","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T17:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/?p=890"},"modified":"2011-02-02T11:38:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T16:38:07","slug":"weighless-thankgiving-recipe-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/weighless-thankgiving-recipe-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Calorie Green Beans with Toasted Almonds Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-920\" href=\"http:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/?attachment_id=920\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-920\" title=\"Low_calorie_green_bean_almonds_recipe\" src=\"http:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/greenBeansAlmonds1.jpg\" alt=\"greenBeansAlmonds\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Low Calorie high fiber Orange-Scented Green Beans with Toasted Almonds. \u00a0A great tasting simple easy to prepare recipe! \u00a0Toasted nuts and fresh orange zest adorn these versatile green beans.<\/p>\n<p>Toast the nuts while you steam the beans and you have a polished addition to any meal ready in 15 minutes flat. Double it: Steam the green beans in a Dutch oven instead of a saucepan.<br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 pound green beans, trimmed<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n<p>Freshly ground pepper, to taste<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted (see Tip)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIRECTIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Place a steamer basket in a large saucepan, add 1 inch of water and bring to a boil. Put green beans in the basket and steam until tender, about 6 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Toss the green beans in a large bowl with oil, orange zest, salt, pepper and almonds.<\/p>\n<p>Serves\u00a04<br \/>\nPrep Time\u00a015 minutes<\/p>\n<p>RECIPE TIPS<\/p>\n<p>Tip: To toast sliced almonds, place in a small dry skillet and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nutrition Profile: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diabetes Appropriate Gluten Free Diet Healthy Weight Heart Healthy High Fiber Low Calorie Low Carb Low Cholesterol Low Sat Fat Low Sodium<\/p>\n<p>NUTRITION INFO<\/p>\n<p>per serving: 84 calories<br \/>\ncarbohydrates: 10g<br \/>\nfat: 4g<br \/>\nprotein; 3g<br \/>\nfiber: 4g<br \/>\nsaturated fat: 0g<br \/>\ncholesterol: 0mg<br \/>\nPotassium: 206mg<br \/>\nsodium: 147mg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low Calorie high fiber Orange-Scented Green Beans with Toasted Almonds. \u00a0A great tasting simple easy to prepare recipe! \u00a0Toasted nuts and fresh orange zest adorn these versatile green beans. Toast the nuts while you steam the beans and you have a polished addition to any meal ready in 15 minutes flat. Double it: Steam the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,36,6],"tags":[311,368,209,210,226,211,225],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-fiber-meals","category-low-calorie-healthy-side-dishes","category-healthy-recipes","tag-almonds","tag-green-bean-with-toasted-almonds","tag-green-beans","tag-green-beans-recipe","tag-high-fiber-recipes","tag-low-calorie-green-beans-recipe","tag-toasted-almonds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}