Title: String bean provencal
 Categories: Vegetables
      Yield: 12 Servings
 
      1 tb Olive oil
      4 md Onions, chopped
      4    Garlic cloves, chopped
     28 oz Plum tomatoes in thick puree
      2 ts Leaf thyme, crumbled
      2 ts Sugar
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Ground black pepper
      2 lb String beans, trimmed and
           Halved
 
  1>. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and garlic;
  cook, covered, stirring occasionally, 8 minutes or until softened.
  Add tomatoes, thyme, sugar, salt and pepper, breaking tomatoes with
  back of spoon. Stir in the string beans. Simmer, covered, stirring
  occasionally, 25 to 35 minutes or until beans are tender.