parmesan green beans

it's summer!  and as everyone knows, summer means vegetables...preferably raided from a garden.  in this case, i raided my dad's garden this weekend and brought home lots of produce (thank you, dad!).  today, i decided i wanted to do something with green beans.  as previously noted, roasting green beans is a worthwhile endeavor, but i wanted to play with it a little bit this time.

now, if i were an awesome cook, i'd do this as one of several side dishes...and make an entree on top of it all.  but i worked all day, which means i was tired and hungry.  so i just took it easy this evening and ate half of the beans and a tomato (not shown).

using about a pint and a half of green beans, i followed my recipe (though i did add a little sriracha to the mix) and roasted the beans at 425°F for about 20 minutes.  after putting the vegetables in a corningware dish, i mixed in a little parmesan cheese...you know, just because.

i think the sriracha added a nice dash of heat to the dish, but i'm thinking that parmesan didn't quite work.  maybe it's the fact that it was the shredded variety (not quite the powdered parmesan-in-a-can, but still probably not "real"), but it didn't seem to melt all that well.

maybe reheating tomorrow will melt the cheese a little more.  and i'll have squash and more tomato and maybe potatoes to go with it!