Beans are often the butt of all wind jokes, but we can’t help but love the humble boontjie.
Whether it’s baked beans, butter beans, sugar beans or black-eyed beans, you can’t go through winter if you haven’t enjoyed at least one comforting boontjie dish.
With all the sunny days we’ve been enjoying lately, you’d be forgiven for thinking winter is finally over.
However, with one more month to go before we welcome spring in September, I am sure we can expect a few more chilly days and nights.
Those days are perfect for a lekker boontjiekerrie or a bean and boerewors cottage pie.
Celebrity chef, Zola Nene, jazzed up two classic recipes by adding beans and the end result looks amazing.
I always have more blikkies baked beans than I know what to do with and while it never goes to waste, there’s only so many baked beans on toast sandwiches and baked bean salads one can have.
What makes beans great is its versatility through every season - from a warm stew in winter to a colourful summer salad to enjoy with your braai.
All this talk about beans is making me hungry!