• Trim and wash green beans, then steam them in a saucepan with seasonings for 10 minutes
• Preheat oven to 350° and place bacon in individual strips onto sheet pan. Bake bacon for 20 minutes and turn it over, then go another 20 minutes if it is thick sliced. Less if it's thin.
• Remove bacon, just under fully cooked, and drain pieces on paper towel. Once it's cool enough to handle, wrap 5-6 green beans with each slice of bacon. Secure with a toothpick and return bundles to the sheet pan.
• Return bundles to oven for 10-20 minutes until bacon is crisp and beans are tender. Serve hot.

Tip: before reusing pan, drain excess grease into an empty can from another recipe and wipe pan with a paper towel. It won't be clean, but it will remove much of the greasiness.