Cooking Dry Beans

Updated 3-16-2010 Overview of Bean Preparation: Ingredients & Equipment Start with new crop dry beans. Dry beans that are more than 13 months old are not only less nutritious but harder to rehydrate, and therefore more difficult to cook completely. Reputable natural food warehouses and health foods stores with good turnover can provide delicious, healthy, [...]

Beautiful Salads

We're down to greens and onions in the fridge right now, but we still enjoyed a beautiful and tasty salad last night. I topped the baby spinach and red leaf lettuce with thin slices of red onion, freshly cooked pinto beans, raisins and toasted sunflower seeds. Jeff loves beans on his salad. Last night's salad [...]