Legumes form a huge part of my pantry. ("well so does many other god-knows-what-ingredients which never seem to finish! That poor pantry seems so overstuffed; I feel like that sometimes" -- quips the "poor overstuffed" husband). Guess I should pack my bags and go on a vacation or something for few months! Then smarty pants here will know the meaning of overly loving, sensitive and caring wife (I am talking about me in case you couldn't correlate me and the sentence together..!! Grr..)  Since my kitchen is blessed with abundant legumes, I use them more often than not in our day to day cooking. Its so adaptable and forgiving in any dish you want to use it for. This simple butter beans dish is one such. I do not normally buy "canned " stuff. I get the dried ones, soak them overnight and pressure cook them. Yes, I make my life harder this way- if you dint guess it already. But once in a while if I see ingredients which are normally not available to me, then I use the can. The butter beans have been something which I just could not find and chancing upon these canned ones, I could not help myself from grabbing couple of them. I made this simple side dish together with Mediterranean flavors which I thought would go v well with the beans. It did! The oregano and thyme make this dish. Its versatile and you can add any vegetable you like.