WWRD? This Is For You Marilyn, Since You Asked.

Marilyn, of FoodiesUntie, has had a spate of green beans. She's made several recipes, and in her post on August 5, wondered: "I can't wait for... that watermelon fizz. Er, no. That's not it. I can't wait to see what kinds of green bean dishes Rosie Hawthorne comes up with for me." "Now, I find myself wondering: what would Rosie Hawthorne do?"

Indeed, what would Rosie do? WWRD? I might just get me a bumper sticker with that. Mr. Hawthorne and I took a trip to FoodLion today to buy green beans, among a lot of other stuff. I must say, the produce at FL is totally crappy. Instead of grabbing a handful of beans, I had to pick through them to get acceptable beans. That's just sad. Harris Teeter has superior produce, but to buy the staples we needed, we went to FL since it's much cheaper. OK, let's see what Rosie's doing.

When we got home, I started boiling red kidney beans.

Then I brought a pot of salted water to a boil and added the green beans.

I cooked the beans until just tender, then immediately plunged them into ice water to stop the cooking and set the nice green color.

I mixed the green beans and the kidney beans.

Now, here are the fixin's for my green bean casserole. From top right and spiraling around like an "S," I have walnuts, baby corn, jumbo black olives, Italian dressing (Good Seasons), feta cheese. red onion, garlic chives, basil, and assorted peppers from my garden. (I thought they were banana peppers, but one of them is quite hot. A very nice surprise in my beans.)

I chopped the red onion and chives, sliced the peppers, and chiffonaded (rolled the leaves up tightly and sliced) the basil.

Sliced the olives and baby corn.

Green beans, red beans, feta, and walnuts.

Add in the rest of the ingredients - peppers, olives, corn, chives, basil, red onion.

Pour Italian dressing over top.

Toss and chill. This is one of my favorite things to eat.