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I always thought green and yellow beans are fine on Atkins, just avoid the white,kidney and Northern bean variety, with starch.Par boil the beans, then toss in olive oil, lay out on a baking sheet and roast to slightly brown, like you can do with asparagus.Or...you just cook them through in a saute pan with olive oil and a bit of butter.I like to toss my beans in a butter,lemon juice,chopped garlic and chopped rosemary mixture that I nuke in the microwave for 20 seconds, and prseto, have instant sauce.

Thank you for this, habs. I have been avoiding green beans during induction. Your remark sent me to the chart in the front of the Updated Adkins book, and sure enough, green beans have 4.9 carbs per half cup. As compared to cauliflower @ 4.4 (6 flowerettes) and broccoli @ 3.9 per half cup.

Thank you for calling my attention to this. I'd gotten into a rut and a mindset thinking I needed to avoid green beans.

BTW: Do you understand how this subtracting of fiber numbers from carb numbers works? Is it 1 for 1? My son mentioned this to me the other day. It is a topic I apparently didn't retain as I was speed reading thru the book.

Thanks again for your help. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I'm rushed today and can't possibly scan Carlo's entire previous thread for this piece of information.