Rūta’s dish works for breakfast, lunch and dinner, a real protein-packed meal

When there is no time to cook several meals in one day, Rūta Šalnienė suggests making one dish that can cover breakfast, lunch and dinner. Her choice is a creamy combination of butter beans, coconut cream and marinated roasted peppers.

The recipe starts with slowly fried onion, followed by garlic, tomato paste, smoked paprika and chopped marinated peppers. The peppers add acidity, although Šalnienė says sun-dried tomatoes can be used instead. Beans are then simmered with some of their liquid and coconut cream for about five minutes, until the mixture becomes thick and creamy.

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One dish, but many ways to eat it.

Cottage cheese can be blended until smooth and stirred in at the end over reduced heat. Šalnienė finishes the dish with herbs, choosing parsley, and says feta or hard cheese can also be added. She serves it with soft-boiled eggs and bread, but has also eaten it with chicken without the bread.

The blogger describes the recipe as a flexible way to make healthy food less repetitive. “One dish, but many ways to eat it,” Šalnienė says. She adds that healthy eating does not have to be boring or tasteless.

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If you still think food is boring, it seems we live in different worlds. And if learning my recipe changed your opinion of healthy eating, then I have done my job well. Eating healthily certainly does not mean eating boringly or tastelessly.