0The heat is on! It’s too hot to be cooking so I do a lot of salads in the summer. Topping your salad with some marinated butter beans add flavor and a substance to a salad.

For a long time, I avoided butter beans. They looked too much like lima beans and my lima bean experience from childhood wasn’t a good one. Then I went to a restaurant where they served marinated butter beans as an appetizer. My friend insisted on ordering them and that I give them a try. Now I want marinated butter beans all the time.

The marinated butter beans sit on a bed of tender butter lettuce with radishes and cucumber. The marinate of the beans doubles as dressing for the salad. So much flavor and so fresh.  To complement the tangy marinate I sprinkled some cotija cheese on top. If you can’t find cotija cheese you can use feta.

If you make a double batch of the butter beans you can have them on hand anytime to top on a salad or on toast. Seriously you need these butter beans in your life.