
225g/8 oz/ 1 cup of butter beans
1 litre /35 fluid oz /4 ½ cups of vegetable stock or water
2 large carrots
1 large parsnip
2 leeks or onions
3 ml ½ tsp dried thyme
1 bay leaf
Black pepper
Grate the carrots and parsnip and place in a pan with beans. Finely slice leeks and onions and add to the pan along with the thyme, bay leaf and black pepper. Simmer for 15 minutes and remove bay leaf and serve.
Serves 4