Bean-curious

Posted on January 24, 2009 by bipolarlawyercook| 12 Comments

The multi-talented Melanie Bean­Paste has an adjunct cook­ing blog named Bean­Plate, and start­ing shortly, she (and me, and sev­eral other tal­ented con­trib­u­tors) will be post­ing 30 days of bean recipes.  Because my pay­check v. my debts = hill of beans.  And come on, all those health nuts say we should all be eat­ing more beans anyway.

Melanie’s Bean­Paste site is replete with great recipes writ­ten prior to Bean­Plate, and Bean­Plate, while still in its infancy, is already a great resource for tasty recipes that any­one (really) can cook.  Plus, afford­able is always good, since even with Obama in the White House, we’re all going to need to tighten our belts.  I mean, I just got my stu­dent loan inter­est rate increase notice.  Yikes.

Lentils and chick­peas and white beans, oh my.  Maybe even some edamame and black beans.  They’re cheap, and they will be tasty.  I promise.

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12 Responses to Bean-curious

  1. mike golch | January 25, 2009 at 12:04 am |

    good post.

    mike golchs last blog post..A friend under the weather.

  2. nyjlm | January 25, 2009 at 1:20 am |

    this is excit­ing! Love beans and so in love with mak­ing them from scratch since Cathy shared her method!

  3. Jenn @ Juggling Life | January 25, 2009 at 2:58 am |

    Yum!

    Jenn @ Jug­gling Lifes last blog post..Finally!

  4. CTJen | January 25, 2009 at 8:37 am |

    I love beans, but I wish I had bet­ter luck with dried beans. They always seem to need to cook for hours and hours and hours and hours and hours before they’re soft enough for consumption. :-/

  5. cathy | January 25, 2009 at 4:11 pm |

    Can you imag­ine how healthy you will feel at the end of Feb­ru­ary? I look for­ward to tun­ing in. We’re going to have some lentils tonight.

    cathys last blog post..let­ting go

  6. Cheri @ Blog This Mom! | January 25, 2009 at 4:45 pm |

    Will you have recipes for self-cooking beans? I feel I need that.

  7. g | January 25, 2009 at 11:18 pm |

    Oh, I will be vis­it­ing. I love beans of all kinds!!! Yum. Am mak­ing some quickie black beans tonight to go with some chicken enchiladas.

    CT Jen — be sure they’re fresh, not old. Soak overnight or there are ways to quick-soak them. Don’t add salt or acid until they are as cooked as you want them — both salt and acid keep them from cook­ing soft.

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  8. Allison | January 26, 2009 at 1:57 am |

    Look­ing for­ward to it! I gen­er­ally eat a fair amount of beans. Pureed black beans sim­mered with an onion and spices, and then topped with creamy, cool chunks of avo­cado and shred­ded ched­dar is a favorite. Cheap and min­i­mal effort, too. I’ve switched from canned to dried — dried is not only cheaper, but canned often includes salt and preservatives.

    Alli­son

    Allisons last blog post..Choos­ing a House of Worship

  9. Robot Dancers | January 26, 2009 at 12:11 pm |

    Aggggh­h­h­h­h­hhh beans!
    I’m run­ning.…
    I’m running.…to the bath­room!
    how about thirty days of eggs?
    orrrrr car­rots?
    orrrrrrrr bananas?

    Robot Dancerss last blog post..I’m Not Focused

  10. magpie | January 26, 2009 at 12:14 pm |

    Given that rates seem to be going down every­where, how can your stu­dent loan go up???

    Love beans. Will check out site anon.

    mag­pies last blog post..Snow

  11. Prof. J. | January 26, 2009 at 12:35 pm |

    I look for­ward to all of them. My per­sonal fav? Black Beans.

    Prof. J.s last blog post..Dinah-saur

  12. amy | January 27, 2009 at 4:39 pm |

    oh I love her– had no idea about the cook­ing blog! thanks!!!

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