One of my favourite comfort foods comes out of Tessa Kiros' charming collection of family recipes Falling cloudberries. These butter beans are baked with red onions, tomatoes, celery, garlic and lots of parsley. The baking takes a while, about an hour and a half, plus about 20 minutes of preparation with all the chopping and frying the onions, but it's all very easy and when it comes to eating, pleasing. It can be made as a side dish or a main course, as I do, upon which I also serve it with whole grain rice. It's also great the next day, even served cold (makes a great packed lunch at work). Plus it's very healthy: entirely vegan and just a little olive oil. Butter beans also lower cholesterol and have loads of fiber and a good supply of protein, magnesium and iron. How cool :)
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