Our favorite green bean recipe

The deer in my garden left us just enough green beans for a good meal - the little thieves! They even ate 2 rows of onions and have started on the tomato plants now, which really surprised us. I had no idea they'd eat those, and I wonder what's wrong with their heads, since the grass all around the garden has been watered all year and is lush and green.

Oh well. Next year a tall fence.

Meanwhile, we thoroughly enjoyed what few green beans they left for us.

Here's our favorite green bean recipe:

Start with fresh green beans - add them to enough water to allow them to boil without drying up. While they're cooking, cut up some bacon into small pieces and chop some onion. These go into a frying pan.

I usually start the bacon first because I like to get the pieces almost crispy, and that would mean burned onions. So cook the bacon for a few minutes, then add the onions.

When they're ready, add them to the green beans that are already cooking. Keep an eye on the pan and let the water boil away so by the time the beans are cooked there's not much water left. (It generally takes about a half hour for the beans to be good and tender.) Then add a can of tomato soup and cook it long enough to get it hot clear through.

If the rest of dinner isn't quite ready, you can keep this in the oven on low for a while.

You may not have a garden, or the deer might have eaten every bean if you do - so remember you can also use this recipe with canned green beans. Just add the bacon and onions to the beans and their fluid, let it cook down until there's not too much fluid left, then add the soup.

Yours for good eating!
Marte