Another day, another lunch-time decision: Will it be a broodje met kaas from the sandwich shop, vegetarian Indonesian takeout, or a salad from the supermarket? What's this? The familiar blue-label of a can of baked beans, hiding in my desk drawer? Excellent -- beans on toast it is!
Whenever I head down to the kitchen to heat up my beans in the office microwave, I am aware that I'm confirming the national stereotype of the English: We have a lousy national cuisine. Anyone who visits on a high-school exchange programme gets egg, chips and beans or beans on toast for dinner -- and complains about it for the next 30 years. But beans on toast is the perfect lunch. High in fibre, low in fat, two sources of secondary protein (if you have it on wholemeal toast), and even a small amount of vitamin C in the tomato sauce. It's cheap, warming, easy to prepare when you're limited to just a microwave and toaster, and fills you up with slow-burning carbs. A bit of grated cheese on top makes the always-fabulous cheesey beans, and I've recently discovered that a thin layer of peanut butter on the toast adds a savoury depth to the dish. Lekker!
So, altogether now:
Beans beans are good for the heart
Beans beans make you fart
The more you fart, the better you feel
So let's have beans with every meal!
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