{"id":18710,"date":"2011-11-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/cooks\/?p=192"},"modified":"2011-11-20T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T15:00:00","slug":"micro-way-cool-bacon-and-green-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/20\/micro-way-cool-bacon-and-green-beans\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro-way-cool Bacon and Green Beans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hrecipe\">\n<p class=\"summary\"><em>When I saw Rachael Ray making this recipe <em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/paula-deen\/broccoli-casserole-recipe\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">original here<\/a>)<\/em> during one of the Food Network Thanksgiving shows a few years ago, it was a definite &ldquo;duh&rdquo; moment. Mom loves beans, potatoes, and bacon. Adding bacon to the Thanksgiving green beans reminded us all of that meal and took the every-day side dish to the next level<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ingredients\">\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li>     6 slices microwave ready-crisp bacon     <\/li>\n<li>1 (16-ounce) bag frozen green beans<\/li>\n<li>A drizzle extra-virgin olive oil     <\/li>\n<li>Salt and pepper <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<h4>Directions<\/h4>\n<ol class=\"instructions\">\n<li>Place bacon between paper towels and microwave 60 seconds on high. <\/li>\n<li>Cool bacon and chop or crumble it up. <\/li>\n<li>Place green beans in a bowl and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, salt and pepper. <\/li>\n<li>Cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap and microwave green beans on high for 5 minutes, stir and cook 5 minutes more. <\/li>\n<li>Remove wrap and top green beans with crumbled bacon. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"variations\">\n<h4>Variations<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"variations\">\n<li>We use a similar amount of canned green beans, drained, and reduce the cooking time by half.<\/li>\n<li>We usually stir the bacon through the beans to distribute them evenly. That way everyone is sure to get some bacon!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I saw Rachael Ray making this recipe (original here) during one of the Food Network Thanksgiving shows a few years ago, it was a definite &ldquo;duh&rdquo; moment. Mom loves beans, potatoes, and bacon. Adding bacon to the Thanksgiving green beans reminded us all of that meal and took the every-day side dish to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[416,420],"tags":[428,474],"class_list":["post-18710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-side-dish","category-vegetable","tag-bacon","tag-green-beans"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqzI8-4RM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}