But the fact Lineker rakes in PS1,750,000 from the BBC for telling them is a bit too
Butter Bean for my liking.
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BUTTER BEAN SOUP 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 cup chopped onions 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 cup roughly chopped green peppers 1 cup roughly chopped carrots 2 pounds fresh
butter beans 6 cups chicken stock 1 piece smoked ham hock 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 8 ounces Tripp Country Ham, diced Salt, black pepper, and hot sauce to taste In a large soup pot over medium-high heat, saute olive oil, onion, garlic, peppers, and carrots until onion is translucent.
Well, we are going to be gardeners, too, just like Jack." The children were thrilled as I produced some potting soil, 25 small plastic pots, and 25
butter beans that I had carried with me from Louisiana.
Spicy potato, salt cod and
butter bean fritters Picture: GAVIN TRAFFORD/ gav060511recipe-4
Butter beans, though I hate the darn things, stand out firmly in my mind.
Ingredients 3 tbsp olive oil 4 pork & herb sausages 8 spring onions, finely sliced 2 x 400g cans
butter beans, drained and rinsed 1 fat garlic clove, finely grated 1 large lemon, zested and juiced Wilted greens, to serve Method 1 Heat grill to high.
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Butter Bean and Smoked Haddock Casserole WHAT A FEAST The joy of tapas is that anything goes at parties - serve up trays of tasty, healthy bites instead of sausage rolls
You can use canned
butter beans if you want an easy life, but the texture and flavour of the dried beans is much nicer.
For main I went for the hake with
butter bean puree, prawns, chorizo and salsa verde (PS18) - a smorgasbord of good things that seemed to get on very well on the plate and even better once I'd cleaned them off it.
SAVE: 26p |Baxters | |Vegetarian Country Garden Soup/ Vegetarian Carrot And Coriander Soup/ Vegetarian Carrot And
Butter Bean Soup (400g), Tesco, PS1.10 each or three for PS2.30.
Grilled sardines with chorizo and
butter bean stew Ingredients: 100g sardines; 40g
butter beans; 5g herb crust; 1 pinch parsley; 1/4 red pepper; 1/4 yellow peppers; 1/4 white onion; 1/2 portion fresh tomato fondue; 20g chorizo Method: Soak the
butter beans for 24 hours, cook in seasoned water until soft and then drain of all the water (you could use tinned
butter beans but for best results soak and cook dried beans).
Butter bean or lima bean - With their buttery flavour they're great in soups or stews, or on Black bean - A staple of Latin American and Caribbean cuisine, where they''re used to make side dishes, soups, bean dips, and salads.
To serve, pile the
butter bean salad in the middle of the serving plate and arrange the chops on top.
SAUSAGE,
BUTTER BEAN AND TOMATO HOTPOT LEFTOVERS: sausages, plum tomatoes, garlic MONEY SAVED: PS4.08 FOOD SAVED: 1.1kg COOKING TIME: 50 minutes SERVES: 2-3 | 2 tbsp olive oil | Leftover cooked sausages | 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped | 1 tbsp tomato puree | 410g
butter beans, drained | 400g peeled plum tomatoes | 1 tsp dried mixed herbs | 500g pack country vegetable mixture | 200g mushrooms, chopped | 600ml vegetable stock Heat the oil in a pan, add the sausages and garlic and cook for a minute.
Serve the salmon on a bed of the
butter bean mash, pouring over the cooking juices from the pan.