Legumes

white beans

Creamy legumes such as cannellini or navy beans, rich in fiber and protein.

Usual recipe measure: Usually measured in g
Recipes using this ingredient: 6 recipes shown

Your kitchen

Do you usually keep this?

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In the kitchen

How it's used

Used cooked in soups, salads, dips, or purees. Recipe quantities use cooked weight, suitable for a batch-cooked or frozen portion.

Substitutes

chickpeas →butter beans

Pairs well with

Pair with vitamin C-rich vegetables to help offset the iron-absorption-blocking phytates in beans.

Try it in the kitchen

Recipes that use white beans

MealMiddle Eastern

Golden Garden Mutabaq

Three crisp puff-pastry mutabaq-inspired parcels filled with white beans, tofu, spinach, sun-dried tomato and olives, with sharp lemon-tahini yogurt.

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MealMediterranean

Socca Breakfast Stack

A savoury Mediterranean breakfast stack of chickpea socca pancakes layered with tomato-white-bean ragù, spinach, olives, basil and yogurt-tahini sauce.

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MealGlobal

Umami Bean Toast

A post-exercise breakfast — warm umami-forward bean mash on wholemeal toast, topped with blistered spiced tomato, crispy chickpeas, pumpkin seeds and sumac.

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MealMediterranean

Tuscan Toast Stack

A fuller Mediterranean beans-on-toast breakfast: white beans simmered with tomato, mushrooms, kale, garlic and smoked paprika, finished with nutritional yeast, pumpkin seeds and hemp.

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MealMediterranean