10 oz frozen french style green beans
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 tablespoon flour
3/4 cup skim milk
2 tablespoon lite soy sauce
1 cup lite dairy sour cream *
2 cup diced cooked ham
1 flat can water chestnuts
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 paprika
1 vegetable spray
* Or use yogurt cheese mixed with 1 tablespoon cornstarch and a little lemon juice.
Thaw green beans, drain well. Melt butter, blend in flour, add milk, and soy sauce. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until thickened. Add sour cream, ham and thinly sliced water chestnuts. Pour into sprayed baking dish. Sprinkle top with bread crumbs. Dash generously with paprika. Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes.
From the recipe files of Sheila Exner - September 1991
