Green Beans With Blue Cheese

Ingredients

• 0.8 cup cheese blue crumbled
• 1 cup ham cooked chopped
• 1 pound green beans fresh trimmed
• 1 teaspoon pepper 
• 0.3 cup walnuts toasted chopped

Equipment

• frying pan
• steamer basket

Directions

1. Cut trimmed green beans into 2-inch pieces.
2. Arrange beans in a steamer basket over boiling water. Cover and steam 5 minutes. Plunge beans into ice water to stop cooking process; drain.
3. Saut 1 cup chopped ham in a large skillet over medium-high heat 2 minutes; add green beans, and saut 3 minutes.
4. Add crumbled blue cheese, and cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.
5. Add 1/3 cup chopped walnuts and 1 teaspoon pepper, tossing well.
6. Serve immediately.