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Even More About Getting More Beans into Your Diet

6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, Building Block Techniques, Uncategorized, Waste Not-Want Not

Affordability A couple recent posts delved into affordability and how to make quality meat affordable.  One solution to the high price of meat, of course, lies in making vegetarian meals once or twice each week (or more.)  It’s no secret that beans are cheaper...

Recipe: Using Beans in Green Salads

7-Recipes--Healthy and Tasty, Herbs & Spices, Seasonal Eating

Winter Green Salad with Cumin Dressing This salad was inspired by Nava Atlas’ Vegetarian Express cookbook, which features a number of salads using canned and frozen mix-ins.  While Nava uses these convenient foods to quickly perk up a salad, they’re also...

Dried Beans–More Cooking Tips

6 Healthy Cooking Building Blocks, Building Block Techniques, The Right Equipment for Healthy Cooking

An earlier post explained several ways to cook dried beans.  While desk cleaning recently, I ran across an article with more bean-cooking tips.  It’s by John Broening, the owner of several seasonal and local restaurants in Denver and long-time Denver Post...

How to Cook Dried Beans–Stovetop, Slow Cooker, Pressure Cooker

Building Block Techniques

There are several ways to cook dried beans: Stovetop Surprisingly, small pebbles can sometimes be found in dried beans, so start by spreading them on a plate and check for intruders, as well as any shriveled or darkened beans. Place 1 cup sorted beans in a saucepan...

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