Skinny Green Bean Casserole

My aunt makes this every year for Thanksgiving, and it's wonderful. It's a little bit more wholesome than the ones with the cream of soups, but just as good!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 191 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cups skim milk
• 1 large onion, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• nonstick cooking spray
• 1 (9 ounce) package frozen cut green beans
• 1 pinch dried parsley flakes, or to taste
• 1 small yellow onion, minced
• ½ cup coarse bread crumbs, or more to taste
• 3 cups mushrooms, thinly sliced
• cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup nonfat sour cream

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Spray a casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.

Step 2

Heat olive oil for topping in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook until just golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat.

Step 3

Mix bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and parsley together in a bowl. Toss onions in bread crumb mixture until fully coated. Set topping aside.

Step 4

Pour milk into a microwave-safe bowl and add bay leaf. Heat in a microwave until scalding, about 1 minute; remove bay leaf. Set aside.

Step 5

Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook and stir until just golden, about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; cook until mushrooms are tender, about 5 minutes more. Sprinkle flour over mixture and saute until flour is starting to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Slowly stir in milk and bring to a simmer; cook until thickened, about 10 minutes.

Step 6

Remove from heat and add sour cream, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Adjust seasonings if necessary.

Step 7

Place green beans into the bottom of the prepared casserole dish and pour sauce over green beans. Top with bread crumb-onion topping.

Step 8

Bake in the preheated oven until golden and bubbly, 15 to 25 minutes.