Beautiful Borlottis

I saw these at the Sweet Potato (our lovely neighbourhood organic shop) today and, despite not really knowing what they are, I had to get some because they are so pretty.





The lable said they were Romano beans, but after a little googling I found out that in fact they are Borlotti Beans.

I had a some help from Little Miss M in getting them prepared. It was a beautiful day, so we went out on to the balcony.





She arranged all of the empty pods in a row before discarding them. Then when the bowl was full of pretty pink speckled beans, she delighted in running her fingers through them.






It made for a fun afternoon activity, and we enjoyed the fruits of our labours (simmered with garlic and fresh sage) with a lovely BBQ this evening.

Hope you are enjoying some special summer moments yourselves.