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
1 halved

Instructions

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.