Fried Beans and Garlic Sourdough

My dear bean queens and recipe fiends. This is one you’ll cherish through the autumn and winter months, when fresh crisp salads are no longer your go-to.

Migas is a popular Portuguese and Spanish recipe, traditionally using stale bread and enormous amounts of garlic. Migas translates as “crumbs.” One of my fabulous readers, Aoife, put it on my zero waste radar. (Thank you Aoife!)

I’m always delighting in new ways of upcycling my staling sourdough, staring at me from my kitchen corner.

In fact, I dedicate a special space in my freezer for torn up stale bread. Organic sourdough is not cheap, so every single slice is given a destiny in my kitchen under the influence of Mary Poppins. My purpose is to repurpose. Sounds daft, but it comes in handy every single week.

Fried bread crumbs can vivify a dull salad, add crunch to a boring meal or resuscitate leftover veg. Plus, I really love zero waste warfare.

Zero waste is not about penury here. It’s about respecting the baker. Respecting our farmers and growers. Respecting the sunk carbon coast of bringing these food items into our lives. And respecting Mother N. That’s a win-win in my world.

Achingly good beans. The entire collection from Bold Bean & Co. will service your cholesterol levels and your pipes. Give that bean a Nobel Prize in chemistry!