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    Home » Recipes » Kid Friendly » Creamy Butter Beans with Apple

    Creamy Butter Beans with Apple

    Updated: Oct 16, 2020 by greenlitebitescom · This post may contain affiliate links · 3 Comments

    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.

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 01

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

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 01

    Try one.
    Seriously, they are GOOD!

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 03

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

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 01

    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.

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 04

    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.

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 06

    Puree
    It's creamy and tasty!

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 07

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

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 09

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

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 09

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

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 10

    He has no idea I'm coming in.

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 11

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

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 12

    REALLY liked it.
    All gone.

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 14

    He needed to see for himself.

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

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 15

    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!

    Baby Food: Creamy Butter Beans with Apple 15

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    1. roni

      February 21, 2012 at 8:19 pm

      You should check with your doc but I was told diary is fine in yogurt form pretty early and beans are find as long as baby can handle them. I started both around 8 months. He really LOVES both even now at 11 months.

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    2. adriana

      February 21, 2012 at 5:52 am

      How old is your baby? I have 8 month old twins and we're not sure if it's ok to give them beans and dairy yet but this looks so tasty...

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    3. Krista S.

      January 02, 2012 at 12:04 am

      When my boys were babies, they used to love lentils and applesauce mixed. Apparently beans & apples are a tasty combo! Who knew?

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