Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook

262 Part III: Simple Recipes to Enjoy Anytime

Southern-Style Green Beans

Bacon and green beans are best friends in the Southern United States. Just a little bit of

bacon goes a long way in adding flavor. Add in a little garlic and dill, and you’ll never

want green beans any other way. Fresh green beans are available all year but are at

their best in the summer. Southern green beans are meant to be soft and cooked longer.

This gives the green beans a chance absorb more flavor.

Stage: Regular foods

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 45 minutes

Yield: 8 servings (^1 ⁄ 2 cup each)

4 slices chopped bacon

1 large onion, chopped

2 teaspoons chopped garlic

11 ⁄ 2 pounds fresh green beans, cleaned and

ends removed

(^1) ⁄ 4 cup chopped fresh dill
1 teaspoon black pepper
Water
1 In a medium pot over medium-high heat, add bacon and sauté until bacon is well done.
Do not drain fat. Add onion and garlic to pan and sauté for 3 minutes.
2 Add fresh green beans, dill, and pepper to the pot, and fill pot with just enough water to
cover the beans. Simmer on low for 30 minutes or until beans become soft. Drain.
Per serving: Calories 60 (From Fat 15); Fat 2g (Saturated 1g); Cholesterol 5mg; Sodium 100mg; Carbohydrate 8g
(Dietary Fiber 3g); Protein 3g; Sugar 2g.
T Cucumber Cheese Salad
With fresh cucumbers and diced Monterey Jack cheese, this salad is the best. Marinating
with onion, pepper, white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, and Worcestershire sauce kicks
up a traditional cucumber salad a few notches. (Betcha didn’t know that 96 percent of
the weight of a cucumber comes from the water content.)
Stage: Regular foods
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Chilling time: 30 minutes
Yield: 4 servings (^1 ⁄ 2 cup each)