Creamy Beans & Toast (The Lazy Vegan Comfort Food)

This one’s for the nights (or mornings) when the fridge is mostly vibes and your energy is toast.
Because honestly, creamy beans on toast doesn’t need a recipe.
But here’s one anyway — soft, warm, and weirdly elegant.

🧾 Ingredients (Serves 1–2)

• 1 can white beans (cannellini, butter beans, or navy)
• 1–2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tbsp olive oil (or vegan butter)
• 1 tsp dried thyme or rosemary (or a mix)
• Salt + pepper to taste
• Juice of ½ lemon (optional)
• 2 slices bread, toasted
• (Optional) chili flakes, nutritional yeast, or tahini drizzle

🔪 Directions

1. In a small pan, heat olive oil and garlic until fragrant (1–2 mins).
2. Add beans (with a splash of liquid from the can or water).
   Stir in herbs, salt, and pepper. Simmer for 5–7 minutes, mashing slightly with a fork until creamy but still chunky.
3. Toast your bread.
   Optional: rub with a cut garlic clove for extra oomph.
4. Spoon beans over toast.
   Finish with lemon juice, chili flakes, or whatever magic you’re feeling.

✨ Jamie’s Notes

I first made this as a joke. Now I make it once a week.

It’s cheap, cozy, and tastes like something from a nice café — if you don’t think too hard.

🛠 Variations

• Add wilted spinach or kale
• Swap herbs for smoked paprika + nooch
• Use sourdough, rye, or that gluten-free loaf hiding in the freezer
• Eat it from a bowl with a spoon and no toast at all (still counts)

📝 Why This Exists

This recipe was inspired by a comment from r/VeganRecipes — someone mentioned “creamy beans and toast” as their go-to comfort food and I realized:
I’ve made this a dozen times and never once written it down.

So, this one’s for them. And maybe for you too.

Sometimes the simplest food is the kind that actually sticks.