Around Christmas, either as gifts or because we were out shopping, we picked up a bunch of new cookbooks to give us some new ideas for things to make. One of them was Forks Over Knives – The Cookbook, which has “over 300 recipes for plant-based eating all through the year.” I’ve tried a few of the recipes and most of them I’ve liked pretty well.
For some reason, I’ve had my eye on page 118 – the Lima Bean Stew. I started soaking a bag of lima beans last night and put it together in a little more than an hour this morning. It has a nice, sort of bright flavor from the green peppers that are cooked on the side. I rather like it. It’s sort of perfect for a cold winter day here in Chicagoland. Pretty affordable to put together, too, as I just needed to get the lima beans and tomato paste. Most of the rest of the stuff I almost always have on hand. In fact I had to run out at the last minute to get the tomato paste because I was sure I’d had some.
