Green beans, both yellow and green, are among the tastiest seasonal vegetables. You can buy the pods in grocery stores and ...

when the pods are pale green and soft and the beans are still small. Only brief steaming or cooking is required when broad beans are in their prime but, as the season progresses, the pods get ...

Method Add the green beans to a large saucepan of boiling salted water and cook for 5 minutes after the water has come back ...

Take it from Alton Brown: Never boil your beans in anything less than 1 gallon of water and liberally season with 2 tablespoons of salt. Boiling in lots of water does two things. First ...

until beans are just tender and bright green, about 5 minutes. Transfer beans to a large bowl and season with lemon juice and 1 tablespoon walnut oil. Fluff couscous with a large fork and add to ...