Green beans part II

You know how it is to be out all day, and come back home extremely hungry and having to cook at the same time, to avoid snacking chips of crackers, I decided a couple of months ago that I will always have enough celery and carrots to snack meanwhile I am cooking. That helps my "I'm so hungry cooking style"

Well we still have green beans! But we finally finished them tonight.

I did Green Bean Salad, one of the many ways my mom cooks them, I will call it the "Loty Salad" , this salad is so popular in between my family that every time there is a potluck or a get together, everybody request this salad.

You will need:
2 cups of Julianne style cut green beans
1/4 cup chop pecans
2 1/2 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp of golden raisins
2 Tbsp of shoestring potatoes
3 Tbsp non fat plain Greek yogurt
1 tsp yellow mustard
1 lime
Salt and Pepper

Since it was late already, my chopping style was more "just chop them" style. But ideally should be a fine way to chop green beans.

Put a pot with water and bring to boil, add the green beans until tender. I particularly like them on the al dente side. Once they are done, drain them , and let it cool down.

In the meantime put sugar in a pan, and add the pecans to caramelized them. When I don't have pecans I have used, walnuts or almonds. Stir all the time. This will allow the sugar to melt and stick to the pecans. Set a side

Again lets get our "dressing jar" out. The original recipe calls for mayonnaise instead of Greek yogurt, but the flavor of the mayo here is not precisely my favorite, so I exchange it for non fat Greek yogurt. Also my mom used to make homemade mayonnaise (a total different flavor ).

In the jar put the juice of a whole lime, mustard and Greek yogurt, salt and pepper.

Mix all the ingredients together but remember to mix the potatoes right at the serving time, if not they get saggy very fast.

I was in charge of the salad and my husband of the pasta. He decided to make spaghetti with mushrooms, onions, garlic and spices. He literally chopped a yellow onion, and mushrooms and garlic and let it cook. Then he added chopped tomatoes and voila!

1 lb spaguetti noodles
1 medium yellow onion
2 garlic cloves
3 fresh Roma tomato
4 medium mushrooms

At the end he just add sliced tomatoes with feta cheese and dry parsley. We always cook for dinner and lunch for the next day.

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