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    Sungrown Kitchen » Garden

    Published: Jun 3, 2025 by Meryl Downing Leave a Comment

    8 Ways to Use Garden Green Beans

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    Garden green beans are one of our most prolific vegetables and we love them all summer long! They beat the grocery store winter green beans by a mile! This recipe collection highlights 8 ways to use your summer fresh green beans in simple salads, dinners, side dishes, and how to freeze them for winter!

    Ways to Use Green Beans from the garden.

    Our summer garden wouldn't be complete without green beans! Every gardener knows, once you start getting green beans, you'll be picking getting a lot! Pick them every day with these fresh ideas for how to use them!

    Pair green bean salads and side dishes with some of our summer favorite dinners like these Grilled Steak Kabobs and Honey Mustard Dry Rub Ribs, or any of these 31 Summer Dinner Recipes!

    When the garden is in full swing or you've just come home from the farmer's market, give these 24 Summer Salad Recipes a try too!

    For lots of ways to use your garden harvests, check out:

    • 21 Ways to Use Garden Tomatoes without Canning
    • 15 Ways to Use Garden Fresh Zucchini
    • 14 Ways to Use Garden Kale
    • How to Freeze Bell Peppers
    • How to Freeze Mixed Herbs and Garden Greens
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    8 Ways to Use Garden Green Beans

    White Bean Green Bean Salad with Lemon and Feta.
    White Bean Green Bean Salad Recipe
    Spaghetti with garden green beans in a creamy mushroom sauce.
    Bacon Mushroom Green Bean Pasta Recipe
    A dish of Green Beans and Carrots with butter.

    It's the simplest side dish but we make it all the time! You can do both the carrots and green beans, or just the green beans on their own! This is how we get perfectly cooked, never mushy, crisp, al dente green beans!

    Simple Green Beans and Carrots with Butter Recipe
    A summer green bean salad with fresh herbs, feta cheese and cherry tomatoes.
    Green Bean Salad with Tomato and Feta Recipe
    Blanched green and yellow beans in 3 glass jars with a colander of more beans.
    How to Blanch and Freeze Green Beans Recipe
    Baked green bean au gratin served with a spoon.

    Once you've got your garden green beans frozen (recipe above!), you can make this Green Bean Au Gratin all winter, perfect for the holidays!

    Green Bean Au Gratin Recipe
    Baked tater tot casserole with fresh herbs and a salad.

    Fresh or frozen green beans or peas can be used in this recipe!

    Garden Harvest Tater Tot Casserole Recipe
    A casserole dish of chicken veggie pot pie broken into with a wooden spoon.

    Freezing your garden green beans (see recipe above) makes it easy to throw in casseroles or soups in the winter, no need to thaw!

    Chicken Veggie Pot Pie Recipe

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