Do you love casseroles and always look for new ways how to prepare them? Try adding butter beans and mushrooms to your casserole. Everyone loves casseroles, no matter if they eat meat or are vegetarians or vegans. Have this casserole for Christmas lunch or as a festive everyday dinner!
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Bean and Vegetable casseroles are immortal. You can bake them with all your favourite goodies: green beans, corn, canned beans, chickpeas, tofu, mushrooms, carrot, leek, celery… And of course, heaps of spice and herbs!
I have already made quite a few casseroles in my life, and each one of them was and tasted so different! There is no united way how to make them. Every recipe is unique.
Have you tried my Sweet Potato And Carrot Shepherd’s Pie yet? It was a huge hit! Everyone loves the sweet taste of sweet potato mixed with a carrot and a lot of green beans inside!
And just in a case, you missed that recipe, try my Vegan Shepherd’s Pie With Lentils And Sweet Potato!
This time, I decided to incorporate a lot of mushrooms and my favourite butter beans. These beans are very yummy and when you search for a bean vegan dish, butter beans are often forgotten. Don’t ask me why.
I have always loved beans. Since I was little I loved beans and I wasn’t vegan back then. If you want one god advice on going vegan, here it is: Don’t be afraid of beans or legumes in general. They are healthy and very good for you. They are very low in fat and contain no cholesterol. Yet beans are an amazing source of folate, magnesium, potassium, and iron.
Beans are quite high in fibre and therefore they sometimes can make you bloated. Especially when you just start a vegan diet, you might experience bloating. How do you avoid being bloated? Add slowly beans to your diet and make sure you chew them properly.
Soaking overnight or using well-cooked beans or canned beans can also help prevent bloating. If you experience bloating after eating beans, don’t panic. It’s a natural part of a healthy diet and it’s actually good for you!
More beans recipes? Try these:
For this mushroom and butter bean casserole, I added a nice crunch on the top. It’s nothing else than quinoa tricolor and a little bit of daiy-free butter. Get that crunchiness in your life!
If you wish to cook your quinoa a little bit faster, you can cut the cooking time by using a rice cooker. Investing in a rice cooker can save you a lot of time in the long-term, trust me! It doesn’t have to be the greatest or the most expensive cooker, a smaller and cheaper one will do you a great favour, too.
Casserole With Mushrooms and Butter Beans
Equipment
- Casserole dish
- Rice cooker
Ingredients
- 2 cup quinoa tricolor
- 1/4 cup dairy-free butter melted
- 2 tbsp olive or vegetable oil
- 1 brown onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups white button mushrooms sliced
- 1 can butter beans drained and rinsed
- 1/2 cup corn kernels can be frozen
- 1/2 cup peas can be frozen
- 1/2 cup green beans can be frozen
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- salt, pepper to taste
- chives, chopped to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Place quinoa in a large saucepan or a rice cooker. Add enough water (about 4 cups) and cook it until tender.
- Meanwhile, heat olive or vegetable oil in a saucepan and add onion and garlic. Sautée until slightly brown, about 2 minutes
- Add mushrooms and cook over medium heat until tender, about 3 minutes.
- Add beans, corn, peas, green beans, and thyme. Stir to combine and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
- Combine 1/2 cooked quinoa with the bean and mushroom mix. Transfer it to a large casserole dish.
- Mix the remaining quinoa with melted butter and spread it on the top of a casserole mixture.
- Place the casserole in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- Garnish with chives and enjoy!
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Klara Walterova
Klara is a professional freelance writer for hire. She offers web content, blog posting, ghostwriting and copywriting. She writes for a healthy lifestyle, wellness and travel websites. She focuses on veganism and the vegan diet. When she's not writing, she develops new tasty vegan recipes, travels the world or plays with her cats. Please contact her for her online writing services on her website writtenbyvegan.com or visit her Instagram profile @writtenbyvegan.