I cannot believe that December is almost over and 2019 is almost here! This year has been filled with major milestones and memories that I will cherish for a lifetime. In 2018, I started a new job, graduated from grad school and married my best friend.
I also traveled to lots of fun places! I traveled to North Carolina, New York City, visited Walt Disney World for my Bachelorette party, and accompanied Derek on his first international trip to Jamaica for our honeymoon. Although this year was super busy, I challenged myself to find balance and make time for things I love like writing and dancing. I was even fortunate enough to perform in A Charm City Ballet’s production of A Christmas Carol. As 2018 comes to an end, I’m so grateful for all the wonderful blessings the year brought and very hopeful that 2019 will be another great year.
Now that the Christmas festivities have come to an end, I’m ready for New Year’s celebrations. I always look forward to New Year’s Day. Christmas is always wonderful, but it’s always busy! New Year’s Day is low key for us. Typically, I do cook a New Year’s Day meal, but I try to pick simple dishes since I’m usually still recovering from all the Christmas baking and cooking.
This year, I’m making these delicious Slow Cooker Southern Green Beans. I made these at Thanksgiving and they were a huge hit. They are inspired by Mission BBQ’s green beans. These are super easy to make and are a perfect side dish for any holiday. They also reheat great in the microwave. For this recipe, I use real bacon bits that you can find in the salad dressing aisle of your grocery store. If you are feeling ambitious, you can cook some bacon ahead of time to use in lieu of the bacon bits. However, as I mentioned before I’m still recovering from Christmas so I’m going the easy route.
| Prep Time | 20 minutes |
| Cook Time | 4 hours |
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- 4 cans cut green beans
- 1 yellow onion finely diced
- 2 tbsp salted butter
- 1/2 cup real bacon bits
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
Ingredients
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- Melt two tablespoons of butter on medium-high heat in a skillet.
- Finely dice 1 onion and then add the diced onion into the skillet.
- Add ½ cup of bacon bits to the onion butter mixture.
- Add ¼ tsp of cayenne, ½ tsp onion powder, ½ tsp garlic powder, ½ tsp salt and 1 tsp of pepper to the onion and bacon mixture. Stir together and sauté for 5 minutes until bacon is a deep red color.
- Open your cans of green beans and dump them juice and all into your slow cooker. Add the bacon and onion mixture to the slow cooker. Stir together the bacon and onion mixture with the green beans until combined.
- Cook on low for 4 hours.
The longer you cook, the more flavor your green beans will have. However, everything is cooked before you add it to the slow cooker, so feel free to decrease the cook time if you are in a pinch.