Serves 4

Ingredients
1 x 420g can butter beans, drained
50g (20z) canned red peppers, drained and chopped
50g (2oz) canned black olives, drained and chopped
60ml (1/8 pint) olive oil
Juice of ½ a lemon
1 tablespoon of sunblush tomato paste
50g (2oz) sunblush tomatoes
Salt and pepper to taste
Ciabatta bread
Olive oil

If you like to eat a little and often, or you need to fill a gap when you're too busy to prepare a full meal, use canned foods as the basis for a quick, energy boosting snack. You'll find the recipe suggestion below will take minutes to prepare and can be made in advance and stored in the fridge.

Method

Mash the butter beans roughly with the garlic and add enough olive oil to make a paste.

Stir in the lemon juice, red peppers, tomato paste, sunblush tomatoes, black olives and seasonings.

Slice the ciabatta bread and toast under the grill.

Drizzle with olive oil and serve topped with the butter bean mixture

Health Points

Butter beans, garlic olive oil and tomatoes are all heart healthy ingredients of the renowned Mediterranean diet

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