{"id":7393,"date":"2025-07-25T09:36:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personaltrainerfoodblog.com\/?p=7393"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:51:49","slug":"mediterranean-lima-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/mediterranean-lima-beans\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediterranean Lima Beans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take your tastebuds on a vacation with this Mediterranean treat!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pinit aligncenter size-full wp-image-9910\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Mediterranean-Lima-Beans_resized_colorbalanced.jpg?resize=1000%2C689&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Diet right with tasty Personal Trainer Food Mediterranean Lima Beans to lose weight fast.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Mediterranean-Lima-Beans_resized_colorbalanced.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Mediterranean-Lima-Beans_resized_colorbalanced.jpg?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Mediterranean-Lima-Beans_resized_colorbalanced.jpg?resize=768%2C529&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8356\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BestWayBanner.jpg?resize=800%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"click here for the best way to lose weight\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BestWayBanner.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BestWayBanner.jpg?resize=300%2C38&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BestWayBanner.jpg?resize=768%2C96&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Trainer Food Ingredients:<\/strong><br \/>\n1 bag of Lima Beans<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Ingredients:<\/strong><br \/>\n1 tomato, diced<br \/>\n2 tbsp olive oil<br \/>\n2 tbsp onions<br \/>\n2 tbsp minced garlic<br \/>\n1 tsp dried oregano<br \/>\n1 tsp ground cinnamon<br \/>\n\u00bd tsp crushed red pepper, adjust to taste<br \/>\n<em>Optional:<\/em> feta cheese and sliced olives<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat Lima Beans in the microwave.<\/li>\n<li>Combine olive oil, onions, garlic, oregano, cinnamon and red pepper flakes in a bowl. Add Lima Beans and stir until evenly coated.<\/li>\n<li>Top with diced tomato along with feta cheese and sliced olives.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8356\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BestWayBanner.jpg?resize=800%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"click here for the best way to lose weight\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BestWayBanner.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BestWayBanner.jpg?resize=300%2C38&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BestWayBanner.jpg?resize=768%2C96&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2460 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/niki_bobble.png?resize=125%2C125&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>About the Writer<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Niki, weight loss coach at Personal Trainer Food, is on a mission to help guide as many as possible to weight loss success. Her passion steams from her own success of losing over 150 pounds and keeping it off for years. With her high energy, sense of humor and enthusiasm for living life to the fullest, Niki&#8217;s dedication inspires many to take charge of their life.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take your tastebuds on a vacation with this Mediterranean treat! Personal Trainer Food Ingredients: 1 bag of Lima Beans Additional Ingredients: 1 tomato, diced 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp onions 2 tbsp minced garlic 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp ground cinnamon \u00bd tsp crushed red pepper, adjust to taste Optional: feta cheese and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-creative-food-ideas","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Mediterranean-Lima-Beans_resized_colorbalanced.jpg?fit=1000%2C689&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7cwqv-1Vf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7393"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20965,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7393\/revisions\/20965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}