I tasted preserved Lima beans for the first time this week and they are divine. We bought them pickled in a brine still in their skins, so all we had to do was pop them out and munch on them. They are so versitile and delicious that a whole ton of ideas just popped into my mind of what to do with them. They are sort of yellow in colour although the fresh ones are green, with a crunchy texture and slightly salted flavour, but that was from the brine, the fresh ones remind me a lot of broadbeans.I think that are fantastic as a snack by themselves, in a salad to add a different texture, color and flavour, blitzed up with some roasted garlic to form almost like a hummus then spread thickly on fresh bread or as a dip with some crunchy vegetables.
You should really gives these little balls of pure protein a chance, they are low in fat, good in removing cholestrol and good for leveling blood pressure and actually slightly addictive once you start munching.
The picture is from wikipedia.
