Recipes	VEGETABLE DISHES: Lebanese Green Beans Making the Pesto Paste: In a mortar and pestle make a paste by smashing garlic with salt (approximately 1/4-1/2 tsp for about 3-4 cloves of garlic). Add cilantro leaves and continue to pound until you make a nice green paste. For 4 cloves of garlic, you can probably add close to two good handfulls of cilantro leaves. Smash up all the cilantro with garlic and salt, pile onto a piece of Saran wrap, roll into a tube and freeze. You can then slice of a piece whenever you like and use it to flavor beans and other dishes. Making the Beans: Pour olive oil into a pot and simmer the cilantro pesto over low heat for a couple of minutes. Add your washed and snapped green beans and simmer over low heat to desired doneness. Lebanese generally like them pretty done. Say Bismillah and eat! Recipe from Arielle's Recipe Archives   Recipes