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www.RecipeFaire.com Presents:
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Last Minute Lima Bean Supper
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by:
Mary Kaye Lyle
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Last Minute Lima Bean Supper Recipe sautees onion and green pepper in butter before blending in flour and milk until thick and smooth then adding cooked ham, Amercian cheese, hard-cooked eggs, cooked large dry limas and pimientos.
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INGREDIENTS
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1 small onion
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1/4 cup minced sweet green pepper
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1/4 cup butter or margarine
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1/3 cup sifted enriched flour
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1 teaspoon salt
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2 cups milk
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1 cup cooked ham, chicken, or tuna pieces
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1/2 cup grated American cheese
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3 quartered hard-cooked egg
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3 cups cooked large dry limas (about 1 1/2 cups before cooking)
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1/4 cup minced pimiento
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DIRECTIONS
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1:
Chop onion fine and cook with green pepper in butter until soft. Blend in flour and salt. Add milk slowly, stirring constantly.
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2:
Continue cooking until smooth and thick, about 5 minutes. Add all remaining ingredients.
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3:
Keep hot on top of stove until ready to serve. Or, turn into casserole, top with buttered crumbs, if desired, and heat in moderate oven (350°F.) until bubbly and hot.
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4:
Menu Suggestion: Serve with chilled
greens, enhanced with tomato and avocado
slices, crisp rolls, and coffee.
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