Green Beans and Fried Onions

You got it, fried onions! I don't know why I hadn't discovered this sooner. Trader Joe's sells cans of fried onions and they were on display a few days before Thanksgiving. I decided to put them to use and try them on EVERYTHING... :D

(You can try them with asparagus too!)

Ingredients:
French Green Beans
Trader Joe's Fried Onions
Salt
1 Tbsp of Olive Oil
2 tsp Garlic Powder

Heat oiled pan. When pan is hot, toss in a handful of onions and start to sauté. Toss in the green beans. Stir. Add garlic powder pinch of salt... keep stirring. Cook until green beans are softer but still bright green. Don't overcook. Add more onions and salt to taste. The onions are already salty so be aware of how much salt you are adding. If you're unsure, do a taste test.

Yummmy. I love this recipe with asparagus! Fried onions are the best!

Nearly Vegan Thanksgiving Feast

Yum! I wish I could have Thanksgiving food all over again! Doesn't it look good? Anyway, I promised I would post pictures of my Thanksgiving food and here it is in all its glory. Unfortunately, I would be breaking my own rules if I posted the recipe to this whole meal. It was an entire process to get all of these ingredients together. I might post the green beans though... that was easy! I discovered Trader Joe's fried onions too.... now I'm putting them on EVERYTHING. Heh.

Sigh... tofurkey... mmm.

Last but not least... everyone's favorite mashed potatoes. My boyfriend decided to micromanage my kitchen skills by taking this task over. Luckily he pulled this one off beautifully thanks to his fond memories of mom's own recipe. What a good boy!