I have been on a real bean dip kick lately. I suspect this may be partly due to having an abundance of tinned beans in the pantry, and partly due to looking for interesting snack foods and sandwich fillers. And just how this mint and bean dip came to be, was no different. For Mr BBB and I had our second ante-natal class earlier in the week – which runs between the unfortunate hours of 6.00pm and 9.00pm. Unfortunate for my appetite that is. Knowing that there was no way I would make it to 9.00pm without eating dinner, but only having around 10 minutes to throw something together to take with us to eat, I raided our pantry with haste. I had GF wraps. I had salad. I just needed a protein. And it was a tin of cannellini beans to the rescue!
Cannellini beans, tahini, mustard and fresh mint. Whirled in my mini food processor…
And our “sandwich” filler was complete.
I would have been more than happy to pack this ‘dip’ alongside some rice crackers, if I was just after a snack.
But as I was looking for something more substantial, I piled spoonfuls of the dip atop a couple GF wraps, covered it in salad, and wrapped up dinner instead.
Creamy and minty…..Delish! What about you? Do you have a favourite sandwich filler? Aside from bean dips, I love eggs in sandwiches!
I love bean dips on tortillas! 😀 And we do a similar but different one but I love using cannellini beans because they become so creamy 🙂
I made cannellini bean dip this week as well. Love the addition of mint to yours!
Egg sandwiches are indeed awesome.
Tinned beans are a great quick snack – nothing worse than having events across dinner time – this sounds like good time management skills that I am sure will be useful when baby comes along
Hi absolutely delicious and simple. Love it!!!
I'm afraid I can't stand eggs in sandwiches but I do like the look of this dip! The mint addition in particular 🙂
Oh my gosh, what terrible timing! Is it that they expect people to not still be working at this time in their pregnancy? What the what?! Glad you made yourself a kickass meal regardless!
I know right!! 20+ hungry preggy ladies stuck in a room at dinner time!
I'm impressed that you threw this meal together! My quick meals are usually cereal 🙂
aww., love it., it's to make me hungry., 😆
Your meals always look so delicious. I'm only at 14 weeks, but I'm so impressed with your ability to put a healthy meal together every night. I'm so tired after work! If we go to the gym, forget making dinner!
Congrats on your pregnancy! Exciting times ahead 🙂
I have never used bean dip in a sandwich, but now I want to try!
sounds delicious, and a great dinner on the run!
Yummy indeed! My mint is going wild at the moment.
What a lousy time, they should break for a snack at least !