Well I finally weaned myself off tinned beans (you know tinned kidney beans, chick peas etc.). While I’m convinced tinned beans can be washed of their salt and come up very healthy, they still work out really REALLY expensive compared to dried beans. Also the quantities in the tins aren’t always what I want – too much or too little – and I have known for a while that dried beans are the way to go, but have found it hard to wean myself off the tins.
I have finally discovered a method that makes it a breeze to use dried beans. There are 3 basic steps:
1. Soak the beans in water overnight.
2. Cook for about 10-15 minutes on the stove until come to boiling.
3. Turn off stove, cover the beans and leave to cool for about 1 hour (they continue to cook and come out as soft as you want them too. This is quite useful if you’ve become used to the mushy tinned beans!).
Once the beans are prepared they can be used or chilled and stored in the fridge. Having some beans handy in the fridge makes it really easy to add a very healthy (and really cheap) source of vegetable protein to any meal or snack; or use them as the main source in a vegetarian meal itself.
So glad I finally transitioned from the tins!
Posted by mom176887, 30th August 2016
-
-
-
-
mom19782016 said
- 30 Oct 2016
Reply
-
-
-
-
mom90758 said
- 01 Sep 2016
-
-
-
-
mom81879 said
- 30 Aug 2016
-
-
-
-
mom93821 said
- 30 Aug 2016
Reply
Post a comment1:48 pm
1:59 pm
-
-
-
-
mom93821 replied
- 15 Sep 2016 , 4:46 am
Reply6:28 pm
-
-
-
-
mom176887 replied
- 31 Aug 2016 , 10:37 am
Reply2:29 pm