Preparation

Organic Baby Lima Beans are Quick & Easy to Cook and Prepare:

1/  Rinse them thoroughly under cool running water.

2/ To shorten cooking time and easier to digest, beans should be pre-soaked. Simply soak the beans with 2-3 cups of water for six hours or more.

3/ To cook the beans, you can either cook them on the stovetop or use a pressure cooker. For the stovetop method, add 3 cups of fresh water or broth for each cup of pre-soaked beans. Bring the beans to a boil and then reduce to a simmer, skim off the bubbly foam on top, cook for 1.5 hours to be tender. As for pressure cooker, takes about 20-30 minutes to be tender.

4/ Once done, let your beans cool and add to your cooking. Alternatively, just pack and store in the freezer for later use.

NOTE: Before cooking the beans, regardless of pre-soaking method, drain the soaking liquid and rinse the beans with clean water.

Recipes

Lima Baby Beans are easy to add to recipes you’re probably already making, including adding them to:

 Soups     Stews     Salad      Burger Patties     Stir Fry   Succotash

Lima Baby Beans can also be made into:

 Porridges      Curry       Confections

Recipes:

Southern Lima Beans

http://www.vegkitchen.com/recipes/southern-lima-beans/

Succotash

https://pulsepledge.com/recipe/lima-bean-succotash-with-garlic-rosemary-dressing/

Lima Beans Salad

http://www.deliciouswordflux.com/2011/10/lima-beans-salad/

Lima Bean Curry

http://holycowvegan.net/2009/02/lima-bean-curry.html

Fresh Lima Bean & Herb Soup

Fresh Lima Bean and Herb Soup

Health Benefits

 Sensitive to Sulfites? Lima Beans May Help

Sulfites are a type of preservative commonly added to prepared foods like delicatessen salads and salad bars. Persons who are sensitive to sulfites in these foods may experience rapid heartbeat, headache or disorientation if sulfites are unwittingly consumed.

Lima beans are an excellent source of the trace mineral, molybdenum, which is responsible for detoxifying sulfites.

 Regulate Blood Sugar Level

Lima beans, have low glycemic index rating – useful food for people with irregular glucose metabolism, such as diabetics and those with hypoglycemia, because beans.

 Regulate Cholesterol Level

 Treat Constipation

Lima beans also contain insoluble fiber, helps to increase stool bulk and prevent constipation, and helps prevent digestive disorders like irritable bowel syndrome and diverticulosis.

 Lower Your Heart Attack Risk

 Iron for Energy

Lima beans increases your energy by helping to replenish your iron stores. A cup of lima beans contains 24.9% of the daily value for this important mineral. Particularly for menstruating women, who are more at risk for iron deficiency, adding to their iron stores with lima beans is a good idea—especially because, unlike red meat, another source of iron, lima beans are low in calories and virtually fat-free.

And remember: If you’re pregnant or lactating, your needs for iron increase. Growing children and adolescents also have increased needs for iron.

 Manganese for Energy Production and Antioxidant Defense

Lima beans are a very good source of the trace mineral manganese, which is an essential cofactor in a number of enzymes important in energy production and antioxidant defenses.

 Protein Power Plus

If you’re wondering how to replace red meat in your menus, enjoy the buttery taste of lima beans. Limas are a good source of protein, and when combined with a whole grain such as whole wheat pasta or brown rice, provide protein comparable to that of meat or dairy foods without the high calories or saturated fat found in these foods. A cup of lima beans will provide you with 13 grams of fiber and almost 15 grams of protein. All this for a cost of only 216 calories with virtually no fat.

Nutritional Information