Juli, freezing your own green beans is very easy. Wash and cut into whatever size you want to eat them in and then quickly blanch. Then just bag them in portions in zip lock bags and freeze.
I used to freeze my excess beans all the time years ago when I had my big veggie garden some years ago. Seems lately the big veggie gardens are comming back.
Another thing you can really easily make are your own stewed tomatos. Just put in boiling water for a very short while. You will usually see the skin split. Then fish out and let cool some so you can handle them to peel. After peeling I just put them in the crockpot and let it slow cook until I get stewed tomatoes. Very easy.
If you want sauce, just do them in a big pot after peeling and cook down. I used to cook down the tomatoes into sauce which I then would freeze. No spices. Then I used it either as the base for chili or if I wanted I could make it into my own spagetti sauce by cooking some more and adding spices.
