A lokanta is a 'neighbourhood' or 'tradesmen's' restaurant and is where you can find delicious home-cooked style food in Turkey – such as this vegan, roasted vegetable stew with butterbeans. Have a look at the ingredients, perhaps you may give this a try?
2. Transfer the onion and other vegetables to a roasting tin with the whole thyme sprigs and trickle over the olive oil. Roast the vegetables for 1 hour.
3. Add the butter beans and ground allspice to the roasting tray and mix well, making sure that any dry parts are well coated in olive oil. Bake for a further 30 minutes.
4. Cut the stem ends off the green beans. Cook in a pan of boiling salted water for 4 minutes. Remove and refresh in a bowl of iced water.
5. Fold the green beans into the roasted vegetables. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
Did you know that butter beans are high in vitamin C, vitamin A, and thiamine, they are also a good source of protein.
A variety of recipe ideas are within this blog. Please note, not all may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e. use your meter.
All the best Jan
Ingredients
Serves Four
1 large onion, roughly chopped
6 peppers, assorted red and yellow, deseeded and quartered
400g/14oz tomatoes assorted sizes and colours
20 thyme sprigs
8 tbsp olive oil
2 x 400g tins butter beans
2 tsp ground allspice
350g/12oz green beans
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 large onion, roughly chopped
6 peppers, assorted red and yellow, deseeded and quartered
400g/14oz tomatoes assorted sizes and colours
20 thyme sprigs
8 tbsp olive oil
2 x 400g tins butter beans
2 tsp ground allspice
350g/12oz green beans
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan /Gas 6.2. Transfer the onion and other vegetables to a roasting tin with the whole thyme sprigs and trickle over the olive oil. Roast the vegetables for 1 hour.
3. Add the butter beans and ground allspice to the roasting tray and mix well, making sure that any dry parts are well coated in olive oil. Bake for a further 30 minutes.
4. Cut the stem ends off the green beans. Cook in a pan of boiling salted water for 4 minutes. Remove and refresh in a bowl of iced water.
5. Fold the green beans into the roasted vegetables. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
From original recipe idea here
A variety of recipe ideas are within this blog. Please note, not all may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e. use your meter.
All the best Jan
25 comments:
Sounds delicious
...it looks like the entire garden is in there!
Looks good.
I like all those ingredients.
Coffee is on and stay safe
Rico estofado te mando un beso
Such a colourful dish!
Yum. This would be right up my alley.
I had to look up butter beans. So we call them Lima beans and I plan on buying a few cans and will make this recipe. Sounds delicious.
Looks nice Jan.
It looks delicious, and nice and colourful.
I really like the look of this I'll have to give it a try.
This looks really good with the butterbeans included, and is a must to make. I didn't realise that butterbeans were so nutritious.
Thanks very much, Jan.
That sounds like it would be a nice change of pace
I wonder if the hubby would eat this as I have all of these except the butter beans fresh from the garden. It looks delicious!
Awesome article guys :)
Looks great. Healthy and yummy! :)
That would suit me perfectly! Yummy :-D
Oh that does look good - I love roasted vegetables!!
It's the beans I'd object to.
Ohhh this is just the kind of meal feeds the soul too.
such a nice dish with unique name :)
thank you for sharing !
i LOVE roasted vegetables!! funny how i really love raw vegetables, or roasted vegetables prepared like this!!
That looks tasty.
sure is a colorful dish!
I've never heard of butter beans! This looks so good! Big Hugs!
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