TROPICAL GREEN BEANS

      Title: TROPICAL GREEN BEANS
  Categories: Miamiherald, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Vegan
       Yield: 6 Servings
  
       4 tb Olive oil
       1 lb Fresh green beans; cleaned
            -cut and dried
       1 sm Yellow onion; cut in rings
       6 cl Garlic; peeled and halved
     1/2 ts Salt
       2 tb Balsamic vinegar
       3    Stalks hearts of palm, cut
            -in 1/2" rings
     1/3 c  Diced sun-dried tomatoes
            -packed in oil
       2 ts Toasted pine nuts
            Freshly ground black pepper
  
   Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Brush a large baking dish with 2
   tablespoons of the olive oil.  Put green beans , onion, and garlic in
   dish, drizzle with remaining oil and sprinkle with salt. Bake for 25
   minutes, stirring beans at least 3 times. When tender, remove beans
   from oven and transfer to bowl. Immediately drizze with vinegar. Add
   hearts of palm, tomatoes, pine nits and pepper to taste and toss.
   
   Nutritional info per serving: 153 cal; 3g pro, 15g carb, 11g fat,
   (58%)
   
   Source: The Complete Vegetarian column, Pam Smith O'Hara Miami Herald,
   11/16/95 format by Lisa Crawford, 7/14/96
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