Cooking "Salad Beans"

Oh my goodness, since discovering salad beans just a week ago and having used up my packet, I am now craving them again. Next time I'll get two or three bags. (1 pound each in Asda supermarket). I bought them because they looked nice.

In this mixture of these little gems, there are haricot beans, green and yellow split peas, black beans, flagelot beans, and I can't remember the others right this minute. It said "Salad Beans" on the package.

I had no idea what to do with them so I just put half a bag full in my slow-cooker with some chicken stock. I then added some left over sweet potato cubes.
After cooking for most of the day I turned it off and left it.

When I went to look at it later the beans had become quite soft and it had become a kind of mushy beany mash. What to do with it? I scooped out a few spoonfuls and put in a plastic bowl and then added some cajun spice and popped it in the microwave to heat up.

Oh my goodness! Sheer delicious comfort food and so yummy! I ate it with some Garlic and Coriander Naan breads. Afterward I thought how healthy the meal was. No fat, high in protein and brimming with goodness.

I have been wondering what else I could add to it, apart from meats. I was thinking to add red and yellow peppers, add some 'meaty' mushrooms, add chillies, courgettes, vine tomatoes or practically any other vegetable that is a favourite. Adding them at the end of cooking time so they retain all the vitamins.

What a wonderful surprise to find a new healthy foodstuff. I hope you would like to try some Salad Beans too, you won't be disappointed. :)

Source: All my very own!

By Monique from Somerset, U.K.