Butter Bean Carbonara
Try adding butter beans to your diet instead of animal sources of protein. This delicious recipes is very easy to make, especially if you buy pre-cooekd butterbeans.
If you don’t like the smoked tofu in this recipe, feel free to replace it with regular tofu and season it well.
Ingredients
- Butter beans (2 cups) – cooked
- Smoked Tofu (1/2 block) – cut into large chunks
- Leek (1) – finely sliced
- Garlic (2 cloves) – minced
- Onion (1) – finely sliced
- Oat cream (1 carton)
- Herb salt (1 tsp)
- White miso (1 tbsp)
- Nutritional yeast flakes
- Sunflower/sesame oil (1 tbsp)
- Parsley (handful) – finely chopped
Method
Heat the oil and saute the onion, leek and garlic for a couple of minutes. Then add in the tofu and fry for a few minutes. Add in the butter beans and oat cream and the herb salt, white miso & nutritional yeast flakes. Simmer gently for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with the fresh parsley. Serve with a pasta or other dishes of your choices.
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Posted by Oliver Cowmeadow on November 15th 2023
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