Fact: I love Butter.
Huh? How exactly is that vegan, Miss Katie?
No wait! I’m talking about the likes of Hot Chocolate Butter, not the dairy stuff. Then, there’s peanut butter, cashew butter, banana butter, almond butter, and—of course—coconut butter. Don’t forget cacao butter, which is not only an ingredient in many chocolate confections, it’s also good for the skin. Yes, this little vegan loves butter.
Recently, another butter has made its way into my life, and I see no reason to dissuade it from staying. The name of this butter: Bean Butter.
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Bean Butter
- 1/4 cup (60g) refried beans (Regular beans’d probably work too… How about Chickpea Butter?!)
- 1/3 of a ripe banana (40g). If it’s not super-ripe, add some sweetener.
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon (and other add-ins if desired)
- 1/16 tsp salt
**Banana-less version: Add extra sweetener and forgo the banana. Or sub another fruit, such as canned pineapple.
Directions: Blend all ingredients (or mash with a fork if you don’t have a blender).
This “butter” can also be used as a dip, or—dare I say it—a pudding. Bean pudding?! Hey, why not? Or, you can thin it a little with some non-dairy milk or juice for a fun sauce!
Below, another photo. ‘Cause a CCK post wouldn’t be complete without fake flowers:
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Question of the Day:
What’s your favorite type of butter? Almond? Hazelnut? Pumpkin butter?
Mine is probably coconut butter. But I do also have a soft spot for Banana Butter. And now I must find a space for Bean Butter. Don’t worry; there’s plenty of room for all!
This actually is an amazing idea! I’ll definitely try this with adzuki beans, I love anko so much and if I just use a really sweet banana I can eat the stuff for breakfast!!! I’ll also try with chickpeas…mmm, chickpea butter…
Have you ever had Apple Butter? I used to eat that stuff by the jar as a kid! So so god!
I haven’t had apple butter in years! Goodness, why did I forget about that stuff??
You AMAZE me with your clever, fun recipes. What goes through your head each day? I’d love a glimpse ;).
Definitely making this. I think I’ll try it with chickpeas, like some of the other commenters have said.
Nut butter is one of my top three favorite foods ever. I’m pretty nondiscriminatory…peanut, almond, cashew, pecan, macadamia, hazelnut, and certainly coconut. I love the drier, chunkier nut butter that settles at the bottom of the jar!
I have made a chocolate spread using chickpeas before, but I guess I thought of that as more of a sweet hummus than a bean butter 😛
PS—Yay for pale girls indeed! Though I am a sunscreen devotee…getting second-degree burns on 30% of my body from a full day out in the sun without sunscreen when I was 19 sealed the deal. Before it happened to me, I didn’t even know that was possible! I literally burned, blistered, and peeled all over my lower face, neck, arms, chest, shoulders, and upper back. It required prescription burn creams and took well over a month to start to heal. Gross, huh? 6 years later, the skin on my chest is still rosy-pink and sensitive. =[
Oh my gosh, that sounds horrible!! 🙁
(The burn, not the chocolate spread. The chocolate spread sounds AMAZING!!!!)
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Whoa…I love refried beans, but I never thought of it as a sweet treat…I just might have to try this, after I go get some beans.
My favorite butter has to be peanut butter! I am eating it as we speak 😛
this sounds…….interesting!!! xx
Alright, now there is something new, Bean Butter! Cool.:)
I am in love, seriosly, in love with peanut, almond, cashew, sunflower seed, Coconut Bliss, and MaraNathas Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter…all butters. Sign me up!
Bean butter sounds pretty interesting!
I love regular ole’ peanut butter. Jif 🙂
But lately I have been loving Justin’s choc hazelnut butter and that is so delicious!
I’m glad you thought my comment made sense! It did to me too and I wondered why I’d never thought of it earlier! Ani Phyo is a raw foodist, and while I don’t eat completely raw, a lot of their theories about food and health and skincare etc is really interesting and I think you’d totally dig it! If you want to read more about Ani Phyo here’s her website, and if you want to hear more info or get resources about that kind of stuff feel free to comment about it in your blog…I read it every day so I’ll know :p
http://aniphyo.com/index.php
Thanks, Amanda!
Honestly, I don’t know why I haven’t broken down and bought Ani Phyo’s book yet!
Hm, I think I’ll try this! Because ya know, people make pudding out of avocado and cocoa, so there’s no reason sweet RF beans wouldn’t be delicious too!
My favorite butters = peanut, sunflower seed, and pumpkin 🙂
i am trying this FO SHO! i think i’m going to do the pineapple version and make it into a pudding. i’m always trying to eat beans for protein, but they’re so boooooooring! ut this sounds like something i could get into.
for seriousness hehehe :).
I bet that’s surprisingly good, sort of how black beans are tasty in brownies. Or how sweetened red beans are yummy in Chinese (or are they Vietnamese?) steamed buns. As for my favorite buttah, I think I’ll have to go Peanut Butter & Co’s yummy PBs….probably Mighty Maple and Dark Chocolate Dreams….though I also love White Chocolate Wonderful…
Oh, and speaking of chocolate butter, I made some to spread on my pancake bread (that I just blogged about) and it WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD DELICIOUS. Nothing like almost pure fat to satisfy ya, eh? I thought I could handle the full amount of cocoa powder listed but I had to stop at 6 tablespoons! I’m SO disapointed in myself (actually, it’s probably a good thing otherwise I’ll be up all night!). I also needed to add some agave, cause stevia powder just wasn’t completely sweetening it– but the end result was divide. Now I’ll never be tempted by any cacao bliss (not that I’ve ever seen it, but, still)
Oh good! I’m glad I could save you some money. That stuff is SERIOUSLY expensive (the cacao bliss).
P.S. Just saw your pancake sammies. Super-yum! And so creative!!
Bean butter sure does sound… different! I’ll have to try it some time because I love beans. I’m a huge fan of any nut butter but, I also love apple and peach butter.
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There’s a can of cannelini beans in my cupboard that wants to be made into this! Needs to be done tomorrow…
It’s got to be almond butter, all the way but when I was in Jersey this year (British island off the French coast) I bought some “Jersey black butter”. It’s basically apple butter, reduced down and down with molasses, spices, etc and it is to die for!
You had me at “molasses.” I really ought to use more of that, because I love the flavor.
The bean butter is very intriguing. I was just reading about coconut butter on Vegan Crunk and will HAVE to try this! We’ve become huge fans of coconut oil. My current fav. is Cashew Butter 🙂
Coconut butter is one of my five all-time favorite foods. I would marry it if I could.