Green Beans with Tomatoes and Garlic

This recipe is as simple as it gets and tastes wonderful. It has been passed down through the family. I hope your family enjoys it as much.

• Serves	Cook Time	Total Time	Prep Time
  6	20 minutes	25 minutes	5 minutes

• Ingredients 

        green beans
        2 cloves fresh minced garlic
        cherry tomatoes
        1-2 tbsp olive oil
        salt to taste

• Instructions 

  1. Clean and snap green beans
  2. Place green beans in a vegetable steamer and steam until until al dente.
  3. While the green beans are steaming, cut cherry tomatoes in half. Heat a saute
  4. pan. When the pan is hot pour in olive oil.
  5.  Add garlic to pan and allow it to brown for 2 minutes and then add the cherry tomatoes. Remove from the heat as soon as tomatoes begin to heat .
  6. When green beans are al dente remove from heat and add to pan. Stir quickly and then transfer to bowl.

• Marian's Personal Touches

  I like to place the cook green beans in a bowl of ice water in order to stop the cooking process. It allows the green beans to maintain their lovely color. Remove the green beans from the water soon after placing in them in ice bath.