Green Beans with Feta Cheese

Babs in Toyland's Note:

A wonderful Greek style side dish that can be served hot or at room temperature.

• Total Time: 17 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1/2 cup onion, diced
• 1 (28 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
• 1 can sliced black olives
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano
• 2 (10 ounce) boxes frozen French style green beans, thawed and drained
• 4 -6 ounces feta cheese, crumbled

Directions:

1. Saute onion and garlic in olive oil for a minute- be careful not to burn.
2. Add tomatoes, olives and oregano and simmer for about 5-8 minutes.
3. Add green beans and simmer for another 5 minutes.
4. Just before serving sprinkle feta cheese on top.
5. These are delicious hot or cold.

Reviews

[Highland Lass]

Fresh green beans in January are terrible so I bought frozen and then found your recipe...we just LOVED it. The addition of the feta produced a very rich tasting dish. I switched the oregano for basil simply because I had marinated chicken in oregano, lemon, and garlic before I found your recipe (and didn't want to go into oregano overdrive). Next time (and there will be many next times) I will use the oregano, it will definitely produce the requisite Greek flavour. Thank you for the marvelous recipe!

[JustJanS]

I'm on a bit of a Greek Odyssey at present, reliving my past! This was so good, and easy, and I don't like green beans! I can't remember when I last bought and enjoyed beans, but I did enjoy these. However I do love tomatoes, olives and fetta, and they bought out the best in those beans! Had these with Garlic Potatoes, and Greek Style Chicken for an unbelievable dinner.

[Pryjmaty]

I made this for the first time for company tonight and it was such a hit, the lady asked me for the recipe. The only thing I did different was added about a 1/4 tsp. of salt and allowed all of it to simmer for about 30 min. to allow the flavors to blend.