Creamy Butter Beans with Apple

Whenever I mention Butter Beans online I get a lot of funny looks in the form of comments.

"What are they?"

"Where do you get them?"

"What do they taste like?"

Butter Beans are simply large Lima Beans. I don't think I ever realized they weren't popular until I started food blogging. My mom served them as a side dish just warmed from the can and honestly, I always loved them. They are soft, creamy and like most beans, have a mild taste. Side note: They also happen to make fun cookies!

Butter Beans make a great finger food for littles one but you have to watch the skins as they can cause a choking hazards. For now I puree them and have discovered Little Bean's new favorite dish….

Can of Butter Beans
I get these at my Local Aldis.

Rinse the Beans
You want to remove as much sodium as possible.

Try one.
Seriously, they are GOOD!

He thinks so.
And 6 year olds don't lie. Well, not about food anyway. 😉

Wash an apple.
The Bean texture is a little overwhelming so I puree with an apple to change the texture a little and add a bit of sweetness.

Add to Blender
Put the apple closer to the blade as the beans may get stuck. I used 1 apple, 1 can of butter beans and ¼ cup of water.

Puree
It's creamy and tasty!

The beans are good alone but adding the apple makes them sweet and adding some full fat yogurt makes a complete meal.

Swirl
I used ¼ of the beans mixture and about ⅓ cup of yogurt.

Wait for Distracted Baby
We were all out of cloth bibs. The plastic ones threw him for a loop.

He has no idea I'm coming in.

Finally got him!
This was his second bite. He liked it!

REALLY liked it.
All gone.

He needed to see for himself.

Store.
I put just the apple/bean mixture in single serve containers.

Can we have that again Mom?
It takes me a few days to get these up on the site and he's already finished all the beans. It seems to be his favorite dish to date!