Ingredients:

• 300g green beans, ends trimmed
• 1/3 cup of unsalted, uncooked nuts (I like pine nuts)
• Tbsp olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, chopped finely
• 3 spring onions, sliced
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 cup fresh parmesan cheese (sliced, shaved, grated, it doesn’t matter)

Bring a pot of water to the boil and cook beans for 2 minutes and drain. Transfer to a serving bowl.

Whilst you’re waiting for the water to boil, heat a frying pan over medium heat. Add nuts and cook, stiring for 2 – 3 minutes or until slightly browned. Add oil, garlic and spring onions and cook, stirring for one minute or until softened.

Add vinegar to frying pan and stir to combine. Pour mixture over beans and sprinkle with parmesan to serve.

Budget tips for this recipe: Realistically, this recipe would probably work quite nicely with almost any vegetable that was appropriately cut up (to account for the short cooking period) so you can try whatever is in season at the market which will keep costs down. Pine nuts work very well in this recipe, but can be expensive. Try slivered almonds as an alternative. If you can’t afford, find or don’t like fresh parmesan, skip it alltogether rather than substituting for the powdered form. The recipe is great without it! You can also try different types of cheese, but make sure it’s a hard cheese with ‘bite’.

Bon appetite!

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