Minted pea and butter bean mash

Name: Minted pea and butter bean mash
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 300g frozen peas; 400g tinned butter beans, drained and rinsed; 2 tbsp dairy free spread; 1 tbsp fresh mint, chopped; 1 tsp lemon juice; 3 tbsp water; 0.5 tsp black pepper; 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds

Chip shop style mushy peas made heartier with butter beans, rough and green with fresh mint and lemon.

Time15 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.28 a head

4 servings

Ingredients

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300 gfrozen peas
400 gtinned butter beansdrained and rinsed
2 tbspdairy free spread
1 tbspfresh mintchopped
1 tsplemon juice
3 tbspwater
½ tspblack pepper
2 tbsppumpkin seeds

Method

1
Put the peas, butter beans and water in a pan. Cook over a medium heat for 6 minutes until tender.
5 min
2
Add the dairy free spread, mint, lemon juice and pepper.
3
Mash roughly with a potato masher, leaving some peas and beans whole.
4
Toast the pumpkin seeds in a dry pan for 2 minutes, scatter over the peas and serve hot with fish or pies.

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