Since the economy is tight (and perhaps our belts due to a bit of holiday over indulgence), dried beans are a healthy frugal meal option and a long lasting food storage item. But do you have plans of how you're going to use these legumes either now or in a crisis for that matter? The only disadvantage in an emergency is that they require a bit of time, a fair amount of water to prepare and an appropriate heat source, but apart from that, they make a great item to keep on hand for meals.
Why not combine our ideas and recipes? I'm sure everyone has at least one really good use for beans. If we all share, each person will have plenty of options to choose from by the end of the week. And, by linking up, readers will get to visit some new "internet homesteads".
Bean Recipe Exchange:
1. Write a blog post with a favorite bean recipe or discuss how you use beans in everyday cooking, food storage recipes, or other related ideas.
2. Include this button on your post - just drag it to your desktop and then upload.
3. Copy the URL of your post and come back here and add it to the Linky below along with your photo. If you don't have a recipe photo, you can include your profile photo or a photo from your header.
If beans are typically hard on your digestive system, Wardeh, over at GNOWFGLINS™ has an outstanding cooking ecourse where you can learn how to soak your beans to reduce the phytates. Adding a touch of baking soda or ginger to the pot may help reduce some of the gas associated with eating beans. Just don't forget to wait to add salt until they are tender or you'll make the beans tough!
I can hardly wait to try your recipe!
Unfortunately I do not have a dried bean recipe to share. I've only made a delicious three bean salad that uses canned beans.. So, I'll wait and watch the posts that come back and hopefully pick up a recipe or two.
ReplyDeleteIt's so funny that you posted this today...I was just getting ready to write a post on a lentil concoction I made yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI just added one of our favorites! Although not officially a bean recipe, if anyone needs fresh greens during the winter, try sprouting lentils. They are super tasty and fast to grow.
ReplyDeleteI love this blog!!
Warmly,
Amy
I don't have a bean recipe. I'm working on becoming friends with the kitchen. I don't really enjoy cooking, like I do knitting :) :) However, lately I'm really working on making more food at home, especially anything that's budget friendly. It's really timely that you posted this today :) :) I have a boatload of dried beans in my cupboard..and I wasn't exactly sure what I was going to do with it all. Now I'll have some good ideas to look over :) :) Love and hugs from Oregon, Heather :)
ReplyDeleteI just joined-up...my first time using Linky!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this great post. I've been wanting to add more beans to our diet. I have many pounds of beans stored in my long-term food storage, but need more recipes for using them. They are so cheap and so healthy!
ReplyDeleteI am embarrassed that I accidentally posted my recipe twice above (Mexican Pinto Beans). If you know how to remove the extra one, please let me know. Thanks!
My friend that has moved to the LA area could not find black eyed peas either. I guess they are not as popular when you are outside the South.
ReplyDeleteHow timely! My daughter and I were discussing the need for more recipes the other day as I put a pot of beans on to soak. I am trying to follow a friend's habit of 30 years; she makes a large pot of beans on Monday for lunches during the week. Each day they use the beans for burritos, chalupas, with cornbread, etc. and end the week adding vegies and such to what is left over for soup. Love, love, love, your blog. Besides your good information it has led me to many other good, helpful, and fun blogsites.
ReplyDeleteThis is PEFRECT for me! Honestly, I have always disliked beans. I mean REALLY disliked them. I'm not a picky eater by any means, I'll pretty much eat anything....except beans. But I've been pretty convicted lately about our food budget and my attitude towards those little oval things. So, I just got some in our recent Azure order and I'm going to try my best to start liking them.
ReplyDeleteThe Lord knew I would struggle so He gave me this blog post to inspire me! Thanks so very much for being His hands.♥
During the colder winter months, I purchase organic dry beans in bulk and can them in quart jars to have on hand year round for chili, baked beans, etc.
ReplyDeleteOne of the family favorites is black bean chili. All you have to do is substitute black beans for the meat in your favorite chili recipe.
{unrelated comment} just hello... and wanted to tell you, I think I just signed up to be a cloverbuds leader for next year. I think Jack will wind up raising a goat this spring... there is a homeschool group that meets at our local 4-H Extention office, and well... there you go!
ReplyDeleteHaven't stopped reading homestead revival posts, kept me going out here in the country ~ blessings this new year, blessings abundant, Laura
love, love, love this idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat idea Amy! I don't have a been recipe to share at the ready but I am doing a wonderful book give away on my blog this week.
ReplyDeleteI'm giving away Sunflower Houses by Sharon Lovejoy! You can learn to grow your own beans and teach your children how too with this book.. I hope you'll come over and enter!
Dandelion Wishes,
Deborah Jean
This was an excellent idea! I tend to get in a recipe rut easily and make the same dishes over and over! However, I cant' seem to click on the last two recipes. That Italian Bean and Spinach Soup looked particularly yummy and the link won't work. Is it just me?
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent idea.
ReplyDeleteI don't, however, suggest using the baking soda as it strips some nutrients from the beans and for some people causes symptoms of diabetes if used excessively over a long period of time.
Instead, I have a tip on my post about to soak & cook them to avoid having gas and digestive issues from the beans before I begin the recipe itself, which is a recipe for Breton Beans in the Polish version, Fasolka po Bretonsku. This recipe is very popular in Poland and is ridiculously easy, cheap, and delicious.
Loving your blog, by the way!
For those interested, I added this post to the Raising Homemakers - Homemaking Link Up! Please visit:
ReplyDeletehttp://raisinghomemakers.com/2011/homemaking-link-up-17/
for more links to other blogs sharing great homemaking ideas.
Betty,
ReplyDeleteI finally was able to get the link to those recipes fixed. Please try again.
Also, I reopened this recipe exchange for those visiting from Raising Homemakers. Hope to get some more fabulous recipes!
Just found your blog and I LOVE IT!!! Can't wait to share my basic pot o beans recipe. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! Thanks for hosting it. Hope you don't mind if I link to it from my blog - I'd love to pass the word along!
ReplyDeleteHi there, just added my pot-o-beans recipe. :)
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