Seasoned Green Beans

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon thyme leaves dried
• 1 pound green beans fresh
• 2 tablespoons parsley fresh chopped
• 1 teaspoon garlic minced
• 0.3 cup less-sodium beef broth 
• 2 ounces low-salt ham diced reduced-fat
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper 
• 1.8 cups tomatoes peeled seeded coarsely chopped ( 2 tomatoes)

Equipment

• sauce pan
• steamer basket

Directions

1. Trim stem end from beans. Arrange beans in a steamer basket over boiling water; cover and steam 10 minutes.
2. Combine tomato and next 3 ingredients in a large saucepan. Cook, uncovered, over medium heat 3 minutes, stirring often. Stir in beans, parsley, thyme, and pepper. Cover and cook over low heat 10 minutes or until beans are tender.
3. Tip: When you season fresh beans with lean ham instead of ham hock, you get all of the flavor but none of the fat.