Garlic Butter Beans with Spinach | HEALTHY & Delicious 20 Minute Recipe

butter beans

🥗Healthier: cannellini beans

💰Cheaper: navy beans

Cannellini beans provide a similar texture with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and can enhance flavor without dairy.

Drain the butter beans into a fine sieve and rinse them under water.

Roughly chop 8 cloves of garlic.

Roughly chop 150 grams of fresh spinach.

Heat a large fry pan over medium heat and add 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.

Add the chopped garlic to the pan and mix continuously to prevent browning, cooking until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Add 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme and 1/4 teaspoon of saffron threads to the garlic and mix well.

Add the drained butter beans and 1 cup of vegetable broth to the pan and season with sea salt and black pepper, mixing gently.

Simmer the mixture for 5 to 10 minutes until the broth has reduced by half.

Add the chopped spinach in batches, mixing until it wilts.

Remove the pan from heat and transfer everything to a serving dish.

Finely grate Manchego cheese and lemon zest over the dish before serving.

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