Green Beans with Artichoke Olive Relish

I decided to throw together this side dish for a quick dinner for myself. I paired it with a salmon fillet. It was a matter of throwing together whatever I had available to use.

I started by chopping off the ends of the green beans, not all needed it but sometimes the ends just get in the way!

I then sauteed them in some olive oil, enough to coat all the strings and added salt and pepper. Sometimes I also like to add a sprinkle of chili powder for a little something wholesome tasting.

For the relish, I used kalamata olives and marinated jarred artichoke hearts. I normally like to mix plain artichoke hearts with marinated for the flavor that I feel I may never bring to them! The olives I use are pitted which makes for much easier dicing. I chopped and diced both the olives and artichokes.

With this, I added some garlic powder although some minced garlic would have been more appropriate. being that this relish already has such wonderful flavor, I simply added it to the saute pan to quickly heat it up.

Final product, deliciousness! You may want to add some feta cheese to top this side dish off. Although it doesn't need it, Cheese makes everything better.

INGREDIENTS

One jar pitted kalamata olives
One small jar marinated artichoke hearts
3/4 pounds of green beans or haricot verts
1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper
Garlic to taste
Dash of chili powder