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Smoky Butter Bean Breakfast Toasts with Spinach and Lemon

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Vegan breakfast toasts topped with smoky tomato butter beans, peppers, spinach, parsley, and lemon.

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30 min435 kcal4 base servingsBreakfastVeganToastFamily Friendly
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Focus ingredients: butter beans, wholemeal bread, spinach, chopped tomatoes

Dietary fit: Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy-free, Lower Sugar

Serving tip: The bean topping reheats well; toast the bread just before serving.

Smoky Butter Bean Breakfast Toasts with Spinach and Lemon plated and ready to serve.

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Ingredients

What you need

  • 2 tins butter beans
  • 8 slices wholemeal bread
  • 400g chopped tomatoes
  • 120g baby spinach
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 15g fresh parsley
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

You'll also need

wide frying pan, toaster, knife, chopping board, grater

Method

Step by step

Up to 8 clear steps
  1. Smoky Butter Bean Breakfast Toasts with Spinach and Lemon cooking step 1: Prepare the beans.
    Step 1

    Prepare the beans

    Drain and rinse the butter beans, dice the pepper, finely chop the onion, grate the garlic, chop the parsley, and zest and juice the lemon.

    8 min
  2. Smoky Butter Bean Breakfast Toasts with Spinach and Lemon cooking step 2: Soften the base.
    Step 2

    Soften the base

    Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a wide frying pan over a medium heat. Cook the onion and pepper with a pinch of salt for 5 minutes until glossy and starting to soften.

    5 min
  3. Smoky Butter Bean Breakfast Toasts with Spinach and Lemon cooking step 3: Simmer the smoky beans.
    Step 3

    Simmer the smoky beans

    Stir in the garlic, smoked paprika, cumin, and black pepper for 1 minute. Add the chopped tomatoes and butter beans, then simmer for 8 to 10 minutes until thick enough to spoon onto toast.

    12 min
  4. Smoky Butter Bean Breakfast Toasts with Spinach and Lemon cooking step 4: Toast and finish.
    Step 4

    Toast and finish

    Toast the wholemeal bread for 2 to 3 minutes. Fold the spinach through the beans for 1 minute until just wilted, then squeeze in half the lemon juice.

    4 min
  5. Smoky Butter Bean Breakfast Toasts with Spinach and Lemon cooking step 5: Serve the toasts.
    Step 5

    Serve the toasts

    Spoon the smoky butter beans over the toast, scatter with parsley and lemon zest, and add extra lemon juice if the tomato sauce needs a brighter finish.

    4 min