Butter Bean Smash Wraps

Warm Chickpea & Couscous Salad, as the wraps just looked like wraps!

Ingredients for Richard's delicious Warm Chickpea & Couscous Salad

8 June 2025 (Sunday)

Both up early - and overall a quiet day.

I started the day finishing the edit for A Week at the Plot, then went to the plot for a few hours mid-morning - I just weeded, tidied, and checked on things.  At home, Richard did a video of a Warm Chickpea & Couscous Salad (YouTube video now up!), which we had for lunch when I got home and which I was ready for - it filled a gap in a very tasty and healthy way.

Whilst Richard had a nap, I did some desk work work, then put the hot water on to have a nice bath, something I have been wanting to do for ages!

After his nap, Richard edited his cookery video and I read my book, Peter James Picture You Dead which I’ve found a tad long and convoluted, and got confused between a few names and characters, though I am getting through it.

With the warm salad for lunch I made Butter Bean Smash Wraps for supper…

Butter Bean Smash Wraps

I drained a tin of butter beans, discarding the liquid (aquafaba - yes I know I COULD use it for something, though today I won’t) and put them in a flattish bowl, so that I could mash half of them. Then in went half a red onion diced, two sticks of celery diced, one dessert spoon of miso paste, and a ¼ teaspoon bouillon powder.  I mixed these all together with the fork I used to mash the beans.

Next, in went two two-inch long gherkins, chopped relatively finely, about a couple of teaspoons of lemon juice and the same of Bragg’s Liquid Aminos (use soy sauce or whatever liquid aminos you have), and one tablespoon of yeast flakes, then mixed all together. 

Finally two rounded tablespoons of mayonnaise, and I gave it all a good mix.

I warmed four wraps for 30 seconds in our microwave, then filled each wrap with several lettuce leaves with a quarter of the mixture heaped on top, and then rolled the wraps up, tucking one end in.


Weather:  Brighter than yesterday, though feeling quite chilly still, especially in the breeze.

Breakfast:  Rye loaf toast, Flora ProActiv. Yeast extract and peanut butter
Lunch:  Richard’s Warm Chickpea & Couscous Salad 
Supper:  Butterbean Smash Wraps