Butter beans with spinach and herbs

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In my mother’s hometown in Epirus they are used to making a lot of dishes with spring onions and spinach and other herbs. Their cuisine has a lot of pies, the queen of which is the spinach pie, therefore they make a bunch of foods using greens: pies, roasted lamp or chicken, beans and so on.

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Last time I had this dish was a few years ago in a village called Vovousa. The cook was an old lady owning the village’s tavern. She made very few dishes to accommodate her household and a few tourists like us. And each and every one of her dishes was a magic combination of talent and pure ingredients. So, here is my version of green butter beans.

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Ingredients: 200 gr dried butter beans soaked in water overnight, 3-4 chopped spring onions, 3 onions chopped, 2tbsp of chopped parsley, a cap of chopped greens mixture I keep in my freezer (spinach, fennel, chervil, hartworts or you can just put spinach), 1 cap of olive oil, salt and pepper (I just put pepper due to dietary restrictions), 2-3 slices of chili pepper (I put just a little but you can put as much as you can bear), 1 vegetables stock cube unsalted

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The outcome of this food is the sweetest butter beans you have ever tasted!

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Soak your butter beans in water overnight or for about seven to eight hours. In a deep pot place your butter beans and 1.5ltr of cold water and let them boil for at least 20’ in medium fire. Don’t put any salt at this point. Drain your butter beans and leave them on the side.

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Pour your olive oil and the onions and spring onions in the same pot and let them wither while tossing. Add your butter beans and about 0.5ltr of hot water. Let them simmer in a low fire for 1 hour while randomly tossing. At the middle of the simmering time, add the greens, the chili pepper and the parsley and continue tossing regularly. Towards the end and after you have tasted that the butter beans are edible, add salt and pepper.

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I escorted these with some rice, but they are also escorted with a nice cheese or some sour vegetables or olives. They are also eaten at room temperature – no need for them to be hot. Enjoy!

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Hi @tikotiko welcome to the vegan community.

This recipe is delicious and comforting, however, we invite you to read our community rules, especially the following:

6 Every user new to Hive, or new to Plant Power (Vegan), must include a minimum of three photos showing their face (of the total number of photos in each post), making their recipes.

We hope that in your future posts, you respect our community rules.

Hi there. Thank you for your comment. I don't consider myself new in Hive community nor in food posting here. Also due to various health problems I have been through (4 surgeries in 4 years), sometimes showing my face and body has not been easy because, apart from cancer, and many other health problems I have suffered from, I have a severe auto- immune skin problem called pemphigus thus not so nice to photograph myself at times...already it is difficult to take good pictures due to cataract in both eyes from medication...
But I will do my best to comply. Again thank you for the advice..
I hope you have a nice day!

Hi @tikotiko

We are sorry to hear that you have so many health problems, we hope you get better and can overcome adversity, we wish the best for you.

You are new to the Vegan community, as well as to Foodies Bee Hive, if you previously published from your blog, not from a community, or perhaps from communities other than Plant Power Vegan or Foodies Bee Hive, and it is difficult for you to take photos because of your problems health, then you can continue publishing as you did before, either from your blog or from other communities. The rules that we have put in place in the communities have no exceptions.

Hi @sirenahippie!
Thank you. I have published some times in the past from foodies bee hive community (since early 2022). Can I still publish there as an "old" member i.e. omitting face photos?

Thanks for the tips!

You can't, we just changed the rules, and having been inactive for over two years, we don't consider you to be an old member.

In Hive there are other gastronomic communities that may accept your posts without showing your face, but in Plant Power Vegan, Foodies Bee Hive and even Amazing Drinks, those rules exist.

I hope you have the best of luck, recover, and find some other community to post to.

Greetings.

Thank you for the clarifications! All the best!