Butter bean recipes
Cook a quick supper with butter beans. This storecupboard staple can be enjoyed either whole in salads and casseroles, mashed, or blitzed in soups and more.
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Butter bean, cucumber & radish salad
Crunch and freshness are the order of the day with this zesty, healthy side salad with pulses and herbs
Crispy chicken with pancetta & butter beans
Crisp chicken, flavoursome pancetta and soft butter beans combine to make a mouth-watering one-pot
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Make the most of a pantry staple – butter beans – in this hearty and fragrant stew. They are filling, packed with protein and low-cost, too
Greek-style beans
Rustle up a butter bean, tomato and feta stew for a quick and healthy midweek meal. Enjoy with toasted sourdough on the side to mop up all the sauce
Leek, butter bean & chorizo gratin
Use up slightly stale bread to make the crunchy topping for this easy bake
Hot butter bean salad with lemon
A quick, healthy side dish you can make with storecupboard ingredients
Butter bean & chilli tomato salad
Superhealthy, counts as 2 of 5-a-day
Braised courgettes & butter beans with pesto
Slow-cook courgettes to soften them and combine with butter beans and a punchy pesto. Scatter over some feta or goat’s cheese, if you like, and serve with crusty bread
Chicken, butter bean & pepper stew
Use storecupboard pulses and tasty chicken thighs in this healthy paprika-flavoured casserole with peppers and tomato
Braised cod with butter beans & mint
Buy sustainable cod and enjoy this nutritious, low-fat treat
Peppered lamb & minty butter bean mash
Make the perfect supper for friends in just 30 minutes
Creamy miso beans on toast
Try an extra special version of beans on toast for brunch or lunch with our white beans in a miso sauce served on thick slices of sourdough toast
Sausage, miso & savoy cabbage one-pan roast
Enjoy rich umami flavours such as miso and tahini in this hearty sausage and bean all-in-one traybake
Creamy curried carrot & butter bean soup
A smooth blended vegetable soup with Indian spice to leave simmering for hours - perfect for feeding a crowd
Mushroom & kale spaghetti
Blend a can of butter beans into this mushroom and kale sauce for a creamy base that adds fibre, nutrients and an additional portion of your five-a-day
Creamy butter beans with quick fried prawns
Storecupboard ingredients are the basis of this speedy supper - vary it with paprika-dusted chicken strips if you like
Herby baked fish with green olives
Use the extras from our summer bean stew as the base to make this dish with white fish in a herby topping, green olives and leftover green aïoli
Gut-friendly beans & seabass
Achieve four of your five-a-day in this seabass dish served on a bed of cabbage, butter beans, leeks, spinach, capers and cashews, with dill yogurt on the side
Smoked mackerel, courgette & butter bean salad
Get a dose of omega-3 in this gluten-free salad that takes just 15 minutes to prepare. It's ideal for a quick and easy midweek supper, or a filling lunch
Vegetable & bean chilli
This healthy veggie chilli makes for a quick and satisfying supper, crammed with pulses and colourful fresh vegetables
Cheesy bean burgers
This super-satisfying, vegetarian bean burger makes a cheap and easy after-work meal for all the family
Butter bean, grilled courgette, roast red pepper & chorizo salad
Make the most of seasonal summer ingredients in this warm and spicy vegetable salad. It makes a great Spanish-style tapa too
Judy's white bean soup with chilli oil
Spicy chilli oil provides a perfect foil to the mealiness of the beans in this funky vegetarian soup
Spicy chicken & bean stew
This hearty, satisfying one-pot is low fat and easy on the washing up
