Green Beans with Bacon

I was going to serve this with the meatloaf dish that I made for dinner last night but, Id forgotten to defrost the bacon so, I served this alongside of garlic chicken.  It was delicious and had quite a nice kick.

Recipe from Better Homes Test Kitchen
Yields 6 servings
106 calories per serving

INGREDIENTS

12 oz green beans, trimmed

1 red pepper, cut into strips

2 slices bacon

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/8 tsp crushed red pepper

DIRECTIONS

In a large saucepan, cook the green beans & sweet pepper in boiling water for 3 minutes.

In a large skillet cook bacon over medium heat until crisp.

Remove bacon from skillet & let cool; crumble.

Add green beans & peppers, garlic, bacon, crushed red pepper, salt & pepper to skillet.

Cook for about 5 more minutes & serve.