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GIGANTES BUTTER BEANS RECIPE

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Gigantes is the name of a traditional Greek dried bean recipe, meaning "giants". Lima beans, when dried are known as Butter Beans. They're big! If you have grown them in the garden, then I wouldn't use them for this dish; fresh, lima beans have a lovely flavour all of their own.

It's no coincidence the Mediterranean people are more healthy. They have less cancer, less arthritis and live longer. That's because they don't get all their protein from red meat and dairy products. They eat plenty of legumes instead of red meat, red meat, red meat... and fish too. They've traded sunflower oil for olive oil, and eat plenty of vegetables like eggplant, aubergine. And perhaps that midday power nap!


GIGANTES BUTTER BEANS RECIPE

Ingredients

  1. 1 pound of dried butter beans

  2. 4 large very ripe tomatoes

  3. 2 large or 3 smaller onions

  4. 1 TBSP of tomato paste

  5. As much fresh garlic as you like. Perhaps six cloves.

  6. A couple slithers of hot chili but that's my variant. Beans can be a little dull!

  7. Oregano, parsley and thyme to taste, be generous.

  8. Olive oil

How to cook butter beans

  • Soak your butter beans for eight hours plus. Overnight.

  • Rinse them several times in a colander with large holes to get any junk out.

  • In a large, heavy-bottomed pot cover the butter beans with boiling water, and simmer for about half an hour. Don't let them get too soft 'cause you're going to cook them more.

  • Drain, and rinse again several times.

  • Meanwhile, in another pot, gently fry the onions, chili and herbs in a good dollop of butter. If your cholesterol is in order, otherwise in olive oil.

  • Add the tomatoes, garlic and gently cook for about half an hour. Add a little water if necessary. Don't let them burn!

  • Add the tomato paste. Stir.

  • Add the finely chopped parsley and then the cooked beans.

  • Bring gently to the boil and simmer for about ten minutes. Add coarse sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

  • Enjoy your GIGANTES BUTTER BEANS RECIPE on a bed of pasta or mashed potato.

  • Or just as a side dish for a lovely Greek salad.





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    Glycemic response to butter beans

    The beauty of legumes in general, and butter beans in particular is their low Glycemic Index. For butter beans it's 31. (Below 55 is considered low GI). That means that the beans are turned very slowly into blood sugar, and you don't get a surge of the fat hormone Insulin that turns the sudden upturn in blood sugar your high GI food produces into fat. Rather, they give you a much longer response, a sense of having eaten sufficiently, not followed by a famished feeling about an hour later. You won't be snacking... Carbohydrate count chart and more about GLYCEMIC INDEX ...

    LIMA BEANS

    Butter beans are of course just dried lima beans, known for their high protein and rich source of anti-oxidants. And fibre, good for your colon.

    Lima are almost impossible to buy fresh. You have to make a small sunny spot in the garden where you can a small teepee of canes for growing lima beans ... rich in anti oxidants they also help reduce the inflammation in the inner lining of blood vessels (the "intima") that causes varicose veins in legs a very painful and serious condition that is best treatment with a paste made from raw honey and herbs, especially a phytosterol called beta-sitosterol. Jup, the same same "functional food" that helps enlarged prostates and a heap of other conditions. It's particularly rich in avocado pears. AVOCADO BENEFITS ...

    NITROGEN FIXATION

    All plants need nitrogen. In agriculture it is supplied in the main in mono-culture crops with fertilizer.

    However, bacteria in the roots of legumes like lima beans (butter beans) have the capacity to fix nitrogen from the air, providing nitrogen not only for themselves but also for the next crop.

    This is vital for us. That nitrogen is utilized by legumes to build the amino acids that we need for our bodies. NITROGEN FIXATION BACTERIA ...

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