Green Beans with Lemon

• 1/2 pound haricots verts (thin French green beans) or regular green beans
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves (wash and dry before chopping)
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
• freshly ground black pepper to taste

1. Trim regular green beans if using and in a large saucepan of boiling salted water cook beans until crisp-tender (2 minutes for haricots verts or 3 to 4 minutes for regular green beans) and drain in a colander.
2. In a bowl toss beans with lemon juice, parsley, lemon zest, and pepper and season with salt.

verts, lemon juice, flatleafed parsley, freshly grated lemon zest, freshly ground black pepper

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/green-beans-with-lemon-13445 (may not work)