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Oven Roasted Green Beans ~ served with onions, tomatoes and Stouffer’s Macaroni and Cheese for a balanced and nutritious plate to accommodate your busy lifestyle!
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I’ve heard it many times … “what can I make for dinner that will save time and provide a balanced and nutritious meal for our family?”
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For more than 90 years Stouffer’s has served recipes made with high-quality ingredients and the same love the Stouffer family put into every recipe at the family restaurants decades ago. The Stouffer’s brand started in a small Cleveland restaurant, which later became a chain of restaurants due to the first location’s enormous success. Recognizing the quality of the meals, customers began asking for take-away versions of their favorites, so the Stouffer family began freezing and selling their popular items.
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We love to serve our oven Roasted Green Beans with sliced sweet onions and ripe tomatoes.
My father loved to eat his southern style green beans like this, so of course I do too! This recipe is something I’ve been making for years and each time I serve it, people ask what I did to the green beans to make them so good. Kids love the green beans even if they don’t want the onions so no worries. You won’t believe how easy it is to get your family loving green beans again!
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Oven Roasted Green Beans
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh green beans
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon no salt added spice blend (we like Mrs. Dash Table Blend)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- ¼ of a whole sweet onion, sliced thin (optional)
- 1 whole tomato sliced, or a dozen cherry tomatoes sliced in half (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Pour the green beans onto a baking sheet and toss with the olive oil. Spread the beans into a single layer and season with the spice blend, salt and pepper.
- Bake for 5-7 minutes, then remove from the oven and stir. Place the pan back in the oven and bake for another 5-7 minutes or until the desired texture is reached.
- If using the sweet onion, add it to the roasting pan once removed from the oven and toss with the cooked green beans. Allow them to rest on the hot pan for a few minutes before serving. This will take the "raw" edge off the onions - if preferred 🙂
- Serve with fresh sliced tomatoes and sweet onion for the full southern experience!
Recipe Notes
Nutrition
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cheri
Hi Tricia, green beans are my husbands favorite, I will prepare this recipe for him. Also Stouffer’s mac n cheese is always delicious in my book. Happy Mother’s Day!
Tricia Buice
So glad you’re going to try the green beans Cheri – hope your husband loves them too 🙂 Hope you enjoyed your Mother’s Day in the PNW!
Abbe@This is How I Cook
I have to say that I’ve never been a mac and cheese lover. HOWEVER, Zoe could bathe in the stuff. I used to buy the box kind, but every now and then I’d buy Stouffer’s. Because who doesn’t love Stouffer’s? She used to think she was some hot shot gourmet when she ate it! And serving it with green beans? Perfect. I must admit I always made my kids have a fresh veggie or fruit with anything and so far they have turned out much healthier than me!
Tricia Buice
Exactly! Everybody loves Stouffer’s and it’s a great easy meal when combined with fruit and a vegetable. Very filling too 🙂 Healthy kids is the name of the game – mine are better than me too 🙂 Happy Mother’s Day Abbe!
gerlinde
My husband loves macaroni and cheese and I like your roasted beans. I roast a lot of vegetables but have never roasted beans but you inspired me to try it.
Tricia Buice
Oh you are going to love roasted green beans Gerlinde. Hope you enjoy and thanks!
Susan
Comfort food at it’s best! We all need a quick fix dinner now and then and this one looks wonderful, Tricia! Happy Mothers Day to You!
Tricia Buice
Thank you Susan – that’s the idea! Happy Mother’s Day 🙂
Chris Scheuer
That looks like homemade mac cheese! What a great idea to bake it in your own casserole. It would be great for an in-a-hurry potluck or picnic!
Love your beautiful green beans too, the tomatoes add such pizzazz!
Tricia Buice
Great idea Chris – nobody needs to know! Have a wonderful Mother’s Day and thanks!
tanna
We love roasted green beans! Actually, any vegetable roasted is a hit here. LOL! And, I am SURE I would love the Stouffer’s Mac n Cheese, but our littles will ONLY eat Kraft (boxed). They DO NOT want “fancy mac n cheese, Noni”. Oh, my. Beats me!
Wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day!! blessings ~ tanna
Tricia Buice
We’re with you – anything roasted is perfect. We all love the box stuff – there is no denying it 🙂 No worries – it’s not fancy but it is delicious! Happy Mother’s Day sweet Tanna!
tanna
Just had to come back and share… when the Little Men arrived Sunday, Roo (as always) asked “What’s for dinner, Noni?” I told him I had smoked a pork roast, but there were chicken nuggets, too. Roasted broccoli and carrots (amazingly they will eat these without complaint). Potato salad and Macaroni and Cheese. And, rolls. He looks at me with those big brown eyes and concern in his voice, “But, is it fancy Macaroni and Cheese, Noni?” Nope! It’s Kraft right out of the box just like you like. BIG SMILE! Cracks me up! LOL! blessings and hugs ~ tanna
Angie@Angie's Recipes
Such a wonderful meal! I eat roasted green beans regularly, but never with Mac & Cheese and that’s something I definitely need to try!
Have a wonderful weekend, Tricia!
Tricia Buice
Thank you Angie 🙂 Happy weekend to you too!
sue | theviewfromgreatisland
This is so lovely Tricia, and it makes me just want to sit down and EAT. I grew up eating Stouffers, but my mom never presented it quite so elegantly! I love the effect of those ruby red tomatoes with the beans ~ I’m off to the store for some mac & cheese! Pinning and sharing all around 🙂
sue | theviewfromgreatisland
I love the way you’ve baked the mac and cheese in the casserole dish, that was the one my mom had!
Tricia Buice
Thanks Sue – Love that old Corning Ware – it never goes out of style. Just the right size too 🙂
Tricia Buice
Thank you very much Sue! You’re the best – enjoy your Mac & Cheese 🙂