Sauteed Green Beans with Walnuts (Picture Tutorial)

This should probably be called 'Boiled Green Beans' seeing as I actually didn't saute them, but boiled green beans just sounds so off, no? However, you can easily saute the beans after boiling, I'll state how at the end of the recipe, note ingredients with the asterisk/star, so this will be like a two-in-one recipe, kinda...

This is a really simple recipe, takes almost no time at all and is healthy to boot!

To make sauteed/boiled green beans, here's what you'll need:

Handful of green beans
Water
Salt
Handful chopped walnuts
*Olive oil (Canola will also work, even vegetable or butter)
*Chopped/minced garlic
*Chopped/minced ginger
*1/2 tsp Goya Adobo seasoning (either use this or salt, but not both; substitute for 1 maggi/knorr cube)
*1/2 tsp Black pepper

Thaw green beans (if they're frozen)
Rinse green beans (to remove dirt etc)
...and cut off tips of green beans; set aside
Fill a pot halfway with water
Add enough salt so it's shockingly salty (you don't want to undersalt as this needs salt; when you taste it, you'll know when it's shockingly salty ;~)
Let salted water boil over medium heat
Add green beans
Boil for 5-10 minutes until firm yet tender (or as long as you feel is necessary, 15 mins maybe, but not too much longer or else you'll lose the 'green' benefits!)
Once done, drain the water from the beans
Add beans to plate
Sprinkle some walnuts over
Voila!
*At this point, to make sauteed green beans, simply do the following:

In a fry pan, add 1 tbsp Olive/Canola/Vegetable oil or butter
Add chopped/minced garlic and ginger (1/2 a tsp should do, if this is too much, add a pinch instead)
Let heat up over medium heat (you don't want the oil to heat up first, so the flavors of the garlic/ginger infuses into the oil)
Add seasonings; reduce heat to low
Add drained green beans
Quickly stir fry
Add chopped walnuts into pan and stir OR just sprinkle on top of beans after plating
**Conversely, you could use bacon fat: just fry up some bacon and instead of discarding the bacon grease, use that in place of the olive oil
**You could also chop up the bacon and sprinkle it over the beans

Eat alone or serve with fish , breast or pork chops; basically something lean OR serve it as a side to a main meal like mashed potatoes or sweet potato chunks. However you serve it is really up to you!

I served it with fried whiting fish...(you could also drizzle some olive oil over the beans if you wish)
It's much healthier to boil the beans as opposed to sauteeing it, (especially if you add bacon...yum! but not very waist line friendly!)

Either way you decide to prepare green beans...

Enjoy...