Mom's recipe. Attempting it for Thanksgiving '05

I'm going to reduce calories - I think I'll use olive oil instead. Probably halve the recipe too.

1/3 cup onion butter
1/2 cup water
1 clove garlic-mashed
1 tsp chopped parsley
1/2 bay leaf
1/4 tsp thyme
2 pkgs frozen french style green beans-thawed.

In a medium skillet melt onion butter. Add water,garlic,parsley,bay leaf, and thyme. Stir in green beans and simmer covered about 8 minutes until tender.

onion butter- throughly blend 1 envelope lipton onion soup mix with 1/2 pound butter- melted. This makes 11/4 cup. Refridgerate the unused portion. This keeps in the fridge for a month- I would substitute the butter for I can't believe it's not butter or olive oil. This is also good on potatoes or other vegetables.