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Due to abnormally high cholesterol (thanks to heredity), my doctor recommended I eat beans for breakfast and dinner, daily.  Don't get me wrong, I love my legumes, but I'm kind of put off when it comes to eating them for breakfast.  I'm more of a sweet person in the morning and lean towards pb&b, fruit salads, cereal, etc ( Read more... )

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I was watching Ready Steady Cook and one of the chefs said that if you mix beans with vinegar (or cook them in vinegar?) they don't give you gas.

Anyone heard of this, or experienced the proof?

Edited to Add: Thanks for the replies, everyone! I was aware of most of the other tricks like washing off canned beans, and I also like to add cumin. A ( Read more... )

My clever, beautiful, but absent-minded sweetheart accidentally soaked six times the beans the we needed for soup today. Does anyone know if beans can be successfully frozen between the soaking and cooking phase ( Read more... )

my husband eats meat.  that's just the way it is.  if i dont make a specifically vegan meal it's usually something like a vegetable, a starch, meat for him and then im left in the lurch.  im not going to make another meal for myself.  is there any other easy separate protein thing i could make (besides marinaded tofu or something like that).  i ( Read more... )

My foodie coworker, Terry, dropped by my desk the other day to inform me that I had to make this. He was so right. If you don't work with Terry, I'm here to tell you that you need to make this, too. We were taking advantage of the fresh cranberry beans in the farmers' markets right now, but I'm sure it would also be good with pre-cooked dried beans ( Read more... )

I have had a craving for TacoBell since January, and being pregnant makes it worse...finally i was able to quench my craving!
I made burritos!

Tortillas:
1 1/2 cups unbleached flour (i used whole wheat)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2-3 tbs shortening (i used vanaspati which is purified hydrogenated vegetable oil, or ghee...mmm fattening!!)
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My 14-month-old son is not vegan, per sé. We had intended to raise him as a lacto ovo vegetarian; then he was diagnosed with severe allergies to milk and eggs (and peanuts. The trifecta!). So, by default ( Read more... )

i just recieved a 5lb bag of "11 dried bean and pea" mix, and i really have no idea what to do with them... first thought that popped into my head was "soup"... but after that i'm not really sure where to go with that... maybe a chunky tomato vegetable based soup? any and all ideas welcome.