High in protein and packed with flavour, beans are an ingredient we're obsessed with. We've put them to work in these three simple weeknight recipes.
Ingredients
Makes 3 dinners, each serving 4
Yes, there's lots of pulses in this list but we've also thrown in heaps of other fresh and seasonal ingredients.
700g Asparagus
60g Basil
200g Broccoli
40g Chives
60g Curry Paste
25g Dill
1kg Drained Butter Beans
3 Egg Yolks
1 Garlic Bulb
2 Lemons
4 Limes
25g Mint
15ml Olive Oil
170g Pancetta
135g Parmesan
50g Parsley
350g Pasta
50g Pistachios
350g Radishes
250g Ricotta
2 Romaine Lettuces
50g Spring Onions
160g Sugar Snap Peas
The Recipes
Butter Bean Carbonara
Ordinarily, I’d say that substituting pasta for beans is criminal but in this case, it really works! The garlicky asparagus gives it a lovely, springy twist.
Charred Greens & Beans Salad with Spice Paste Dressing
Fresh greens. Fresh herbs. Fresh flavours. This plate of blackened greens and butter beans is fierce.
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Spring Salad with Pistachio Pesto and Whipped Ricotta
This is the freshest pasta salad around. It's packed with pistachio and chive pesto, all the spring veg, and lemony whipped ricotta. Stunning all around really.