Preparing Fresh Green Beans

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Nothing tastes as good to me as home canned green beans in the middle of winter, which is why I wanted to share the process of preparing fresh green beans with you.

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The first step is to rinse off the green beans and then start snapping both ends off of the green beans.

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Then snap each green bean in half – unless it’s extra long and then you can snap it into thirds.

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Basically each green bean piece needs to be approximately two inches long – but don’t overthink this step!

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Before I can these, I will fill the bowl with water several times and dump it through a strainer just to rinse them off a few more times. Click for the recipe I use.

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