lima beans - recipe ideas

[Guest guest]

Rinse the beans, then fill a pot with water and bring to a boil. Add some Lima

Beans and let boil for 5 minutes. Turn off your burner and leave on the burner

for 1 hour covered. Then return to a boil and boil until tender. It will be

about an hour to one and a half hours. Sometimes I add, during the last 1/2 hr

of cooking, a diced onion, 1 T. oil, Salt, chopped Bell Pepper and 1 can of

stew tomatoes, and a pinch of sage, oregano, and thyme. I eat it more like a

soup this way...........Sometime I just add the diced onion, oil and salt.

Lima's are so good for you.

 

Candied Orange LIma Beans

2 Tbsp Butter

1/4 cup Honey

1 tsp Grated orange rind

4 cups Lima beans (large, cooked), drained

Ginger, cinnamon, cardomom or nutmeg to taste

 

In a large skillet, melt butter; stir in honey and orange peel. Add beans; cook

and stir gently until glazed. Flavor with spices.

 

Nutritional analysis per serving: Calories 150, Fat 3g, Calories from Fat 15%,

Cholesterol 2mg, Fiber 4g, Sodium 30mg, Protein 5g.

 

Luscious Lima Bean Soup

 

a.. 1 pound dry lima beans

b.. 4 cups water

c.. 5 carrots, chopped

d.. 1 leek, bulb only, chopped

e.. 2 tablespoons minced shallots

f.. 2 stalks celery, chopped

g.. 4 cubes vegetable bouillon

h.. 8 cups water

i.. 2 tablespoons olive oil

j..

k..

l.. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add dry lima beans, and boil for 2 to 3

minutes. Remove from heat, and allow the beans to sit, covered, for 1 to 2 hours

to soften. Drain and rinse until water runs clear, discarding bean water.

1.. In a soup pot, saute vegetables in olive oil until onions and celery are

translucent. Add lima beans, and saute for another 2 to 3 minutes.

2.. In the meantime, bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add the vegetable

bouillon to the boiling water, and stir until dissolved. Add broth to the

sauteed vegetables and beans. Add remaining water, and allow soup to simmer over

a low flame for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Serve steaming hot.

Well I hope some of these help you use up all of those great lima beans. Cook

up a iron skillet of cornbread to go with them. and some cooked greens and you

will have a great meal.

-

Erin

Saturday, September 23, 2006 5:12 AM

lima beans

 

 

In a mouse-slip of online shopping (not really, but sometimes the ease

with which spontaneous purchases can be made this way makes it feel

like it), I bought a 25 lb bag of lima beans. They are on the way.

Any favorite recipes? I got the big kind, not the baby ones.

 

Thanks,

-Erin

 

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[Guest guest]

Thanks. I'm looking forward to many creative meals with my 25 lbs of

lima beans! You gave nutrition information for a serving of the

candied orange limas (much appreciated), but there's no mention of

how many servings it makes.

 

 

-Erin

www.zenpawn.com/vegblog

 

 

, " wwjd " <jtwigg wrote:

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> Candied Orange LIma Beans

 

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> Well I hope some of these help you use up all of those great lima

beans. Cook up a iron skillet of cornbread to go with them. and some

cooked greens and you will have a great meal.