A few weeks ago I made side dishes for the evening meal at the Mitchell Quarterly Meeting.  I wanted something that I could make ahead of time, but that would also be something kind of special.  Usually the vegetable sides I make are of the boring but nutritious variety - steam vegetable, add a little butter, salt and pepper to taste, then serve.  Its functional, but kind of boring, especially for  a special dinner.  I found a recipe for green bundles wrapped in bacon.  Definitely not as healthy, but also not as boring.

They were delicious and easy to make.  I would recommend not using an inexpensive bacon because it doesn't hold together as well when wrapping the bundles.  I think that this recipe would probably be great on other vegetables as well - I'm going to try it with asparagus this week.  I'll definitely make these again, they were very flavorful and look impressive.  If you're not a huge fan of pepper, I'd recommend cutting back the amount in the recipe - it was super peppery.

Print it: Green Bean Bundles (from Pioneer Woman's Tasty Kitchen)