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  • Makingabobor2
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    Carrot and butterbean sounds a good combination, and very tasty. 
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  • Cherryfudge
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    I might look up that soup recipe, we have quite a few tins of butterbeans and I forget to use them though I like them.

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    https://pinchofnom.com/recipes/carrot-and-butter-bean-soup/

    I’ve just made it @Cherryfudge. It’s nice but I feel I need to add a bit more spice to it. Depends how spicy you like your food. 

    I also added some swede as I only had 2 carrots.
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  • foxgloves
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    I like butterbeans too. I regularly used to make Rose Elliot's butterbean quiche.
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