Dried lima beans, with their abundant starch, turn rich and creamy with long cooking; this recipe calls for the smaller limas often labeled baby lima beans or butterbeans because they cook a bit more ...

Beneath a thatch of wilted dandelion greens, the Christmas lima beans spill out, earthy and enticing, their pretty speckled markings still faintly visible after a few hours in the pot. This is the ...

When the weather turns chilly, a pot of slow-simmered butter beans is the kind of dinner that warms you from the inside out. This old-fashioned Southern butter beans recipe turns dried lima beans into ...

Lime and mint give creamy butter beans or baby lima beans a refreshing tang in this wholesome side dish. Instructions: In a medium saucepan, bring 6 cups of water and 1 tablespoon salt to a boil over ...

This is my version of a dish made by my favorite New Orleanian, the irreplaceable chef Leah Chase. It is good with fresh or frozen butter beans or baby limas, and best over fragrant Louisiana brown or ...

PREPARATION: Clean and rinse the rice in warm water several times until the water becomes clear. Drain rice, then place in a bowl and cover with cold water. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Allow the rice to ...

What’s in season: One of the oldest beans to come out of the New World, lima beans have a buttery, almost meaty texture with a plump, kidney-like shape. The beans, named after Lima, Peru, range from ...

Though plenty of us love lima beans, there seems to be an equally ardent contingent of haters, with few people in the middle. Those in the anti-lima camp tend to cite texture as the main reason for ...

When these beans were served in Linda Page’s childhood home, it meant her parents were trying to save money. Now the dish signals one kind of special occasion. Page says she always makes it when she ...

1. Cover shrimp with water in a 3-quart saucepan. Add shrimp boil. Bring to a rolling boil and cook 2 minutes. Turn off heat. Let shrimp sit at least 15 minutes, until pink and mostly opaque. Drain ...