{"id":8391,"date":"2026-10-06T14:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/?p=8391"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:13:08","slug":"longevity-bean-soup-from-the-happy-pear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/2026\/10\/06\/longevity-bean-soup-from-the-happy-pear\/","title":{"rendered":"Longevity Bean Soup from the happy pear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6980-rotated-1-edited-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6980-rotated-1-edited-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6980-rotated-1-edited-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6980-rotated-1-edited-1024x1019.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6980-rotated-1-edited-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6980-rotated-1-edited-1536x1529.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6980-rotated-1-edited-2048x2038.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6980-rotated-1-edited-301x300.jpeg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>olive oil\u00a02 tbsp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00a0large onion\u00a0about 1\u00bd cups, finely diced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4\u00a0cloves\u00a0garlic\u00a0about  1\u00bd tbsp, finely chopped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00a0tsp\u00a0dried mixed herbs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd\u00a0tsp\u00a0chilli flakes\u00a0optional<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00a0\u00d7 400g tins butter beans\u00a0drained and 1 tin cannelli beans rinsed 3\u00bd cups total)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>vegetable stock\u00a02 cups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>200\u00a0ml\u00a0coconut milk or oat cream\u00a0\u00be cup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\u00a0\u20134 large handfuls chard or baby spinach\u00a0about  4 cups, roughly chopped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zest of \u00bd lemon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lemon juice\u00a0to taste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tamari\u00a01 tbsp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Extra virgin olive oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fresh basil\u00a0finely chopped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Build the base<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Heat the olive oil in a large pot over a medium heat. Add the onion with a pinch of salt and cook for 6\u20138 minutes until soft and sweet. Add the garlic, mixed herbs and chilli flakes and cook for another minute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Add the beans and broth<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Add the butter beans, vegetable stock and tamari. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 8\u201310 minutes. Mash some of the beans with the back of a spoon, or briefly blend a cupful of the soup, to naturally thicken the broth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make it creamy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stir in the coconut milk or oat cream and simmer gently for another 5 minutes until rich and silky.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Add the greens<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stir through the chard or spinach and cook for 2\u20133 minutes until just wilted. Add the lemon zest, a squeeze of lemon juice, salt and plenty of freshly cracked black pepper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Serve<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ladle into bowls and finish with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and a sprinkle of fresh basil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Takes\u00a0 30 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Serves\u00a0<strong>4<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Build the base Add the beans and broth Make it creamy Add the greens Serve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1100,1104,1081,1103,9],"tags":[1108,1105,1107,833,164,28,4,1106,119,209,600],"class_list":["post-8391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-butter-brsns","category-chili-flakes","category-garlic","category-lemon","category-soup","tag-baby-spinach","tag-butter-beans","tag-caneli-beans","tag-chili-flakes","tag-coconut-milk","tag-garlic","tag-main","tag-miseed-herbs","tag-olive-oil","tag-onion","tag-veggie-stock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8391"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8396,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8391\/revisions\/8396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}