Oven Roasted Green Beans

We've been loving some roasted green beans lately.  It's a great alternative just plain canned green beans (which we also love with a little bit of bacon grease...yum!) and you can do all kinds of fun stuff with them.  Our personal favorite is topped with parmesan cheese and sliced almonds!

Bag of frozen green beans (whatever size will feed your family)

extra virgin olive oil

garlic (powder, sliced cloves, minced...whatever you like)

salt

pepper

parmesan cheese (grated or shredded)

sliced almonds

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Line a baking sheet with foil.  

Add a generous amount of olive oil to the foil.  

Place your frozen green beans on top of the oil.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

Add garlic powder or cloves (if using).

Use your hands and toss it all around with the olive oil.  If you need more oil, add it...it's soooo good and you want to make sure you have a good coating.

Spread the beans out so that they're in a thin layer.

Place in the oven on the center rack and roast for 10-12 minutes.

Remove the pan and rearrange them a bit so that they don't scorch.  I just take some tongs and mix them around.

Place them back in the oven for an additional 10 minutes.

When they're done, remove from the oven and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and sliced almonds.  Serve hot!

**If I'm serving some sort of Asian dish, I like to add soy sauce and a little bit of crushed red pepper flakes before roasting too...so yum!**