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Everyone talks about beans being a great value source of protein, but not everyone knows how to get them on the table easily. In this podcast, we asked nutritionist and natural foods chef Alana Sugar to demystify the process of cooking dried beans. Listen in to find out how and if you want more details, check out our Beans 101. Once your beans are cooked, you can freeze them and use in any recipe calling for canned beans.
Here are a few of our favorite bean-based recipes. What are yours?
- Refried Beans with Roasted Salsa and Monterey Jack
- Bread Salad with Pinto Beans and Queso Fresco
- White Bean Soup
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those are great recipes. i used to have one for adzuki beans but can’t locate it right now. i remember having to soak for them a looooong period of time for rehydration.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:20 am
One of my favorite dry bean meals to make is a spicy black bean soup. To stretch the family dollar even further on this already extremely economical dinner, (we enjoy leftover soup for 2-3 days using 2 lbs. of dry black beans), I withold an additional 3-4 big spoonfuls of the soupto make homemade black bean burgers (by adding 1/4 cup of seasoned bread crumbs to form 6-8 small-medium or 4-5 very large burger patties–coat with olive oil and grill or bake in the oven at 400 degrees: 15 min. each side.) FYI: the leftover burger patties also freeze very well!
October 16th, 2008 at 12:42 am
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog.
Cheers! Sandra. R.
September 9th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Where did the bean recipes go? They’re gone, I’m not getting anything but an error message when I click on the links…
February 19th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
They seem to work now; try again. These recipes are certainly worth the effort!
March 18th, 2010 at 10:17 am
GBGUH
January 31st, 2011 at 12:40 pm
I’m curious whether I should keep and use the water from cooking pre-soaked and drained dry beans. What nutrition is in this cooking water? Is there anything undesirable? Some say that the cooking water causes gas, even if the pre-soaking water has been drained off and fresh water added for cooking. Anyone know what the answer is?
Thank you!
May 31st, 2011 at 11:57 pm