Budget friendly meals - Butterbeans

The butterbean aka dried lima beans is a  Southern classic that often gets overlooked.  Butterbeans can be cooked any way you like and many people have many twists on their favorite recipes.  I'm going to share with you my favorite way to cook butterbeans. We are having them for dinner tonight with some hot water cornbread. 

Put 1 lb. of butterbeans in a pressure cooker.  (I am using the small ones but any size is ok.)
Add in 8 cups water, 1 1/2 tsp. salt & 1/4 tsp. black pepper.
About an hour before serving turn pressure on for 20 minutes.
Check for doneness.  If not done yet turn back on for about 5 minutes. (They do not take as long as some other beans.)
When done add in 1/4 cup of butter.
Stir & serve!

You can also do this on the stove top or crockpot. Just adjust cooking times.

Stovetop- approximately 1 hour, if soaked before
Crockpot- approximately 5 hours

Butterbeans make a great main dish or side dish.  Left-overs freeze well and they also taste even better the next day for lunch.

Enjoy!

Whole wheat blueberry pancakes

Makes about 6 medium sized pancakes.

1 egg
1 c. milk
1/8 c. coconut oil

1 c. freshly ground whole wheat flour (or could use white)
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

blueberries

Whisk wet ingredients together & then whisk in the dry until no lumps.

Cook on griddle and dot with blueberries.

Flip and when done enjoy!

This recipe can easily be doubled if you need more pancakes for your family.