I love neat and easy. Buying a bag of haricot verts, the slimmer and more uniform cousin of string beans, does half the work for me. Some like to snip the ends, but I don’t find them a problem. With a light infusion of white wine and some delicious shallots (also a smaller and sweeter relative of the onion), this is a simple side .And yes, feel free to substitute with string beans and sweet onions. I promise I won’t tell.