Saute Vegetables with White Bean Mash

I was in the book store one day looking through some cooking magazines trying to get some ideas when I ran across a recipe that I thought looked really good.  I really didn’t want to buy a magazine for 1 recipe so I read it a few times in hopes that I would remember it enough to be able to cook it.  You guessed it, I didn’t remember it when I got home.  I only remembered some of the ingredients so I had to make up the rest.  That is how this recipe came about.

Ingredients:

½ red bell pepper, sliced

½ green bell pepper, sliced

½ small onion, sliced

1 small zucchini, sliced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tbsp olive oil

1 can  cannelloni beans, drained

1 can butter beans, drained

Juice from ½ lemon

Salt and pepper to taste

In a pot add the cannelloni beans and butter beans to warm.

Meanwhile, in another pan add olive oil, garlic, red and green bell peppers and onion.  Saute for about 5-7 min.  Add in zucchini and lemon and saute for another 3-5 min.

Once beans are warmed mash, with a potato masher or with a mixer, until creamy.  You may need to a tbsp of water at a time if too thick.  

Place a large spoonful on the plate and add the sauteed vegetables on top.

Salt and pepper to taste.

**In these pictures I used a different variety of butter beans because that is what I had on hand at the time. so the pictures may look a little different than how yours will turn out.