Favorite bean recipes

Jenn at Frugal Upstate is hosting a frugal recipe swap each week. This week, it's bean recipes! I love beans. they're so colorful and full of protein and fiber... and they're affordable, too! Can you tell I didn't eat beans very often as a child?

Here are two of my favorite recipes using beans. Vegetable Bean Soup with Spinach is a yummy healthy soup I created. I love the flavor! A batch of this soup never lasts long at our house. It's too easy to warm for a quick snack... yum!! :)

And... homemade refried beans! These can go in just about anything mexican, and you can freeze any leftovers for later. I like spicy refried beans with cheese and sour cream on top as a chip dip. :)

New to using dried beans? This page has a lot of information, including cooking times and instructions for all types of grains and beans. :)

Head over to Jenn's blog for more bean recipes! :)

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Thanks!

Submitted by Martha Artyomenko on Mon, 2008-06-23 22:38.

I posted a couple of my favorites on my own blog!

These look great!

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-06-23 23:40.

Hi Tammy,
These look wonderful. We eat beans on occasion but I think I would eat them more if I had more tasty recipes. I will definitely be trying these. Thank you for sharing!

The soup looks yum-o! :)

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-06-24 00:00.

The soup looks yum-o!

Refried Beans

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-06-24 08:05.

We used refried beans often and wrap them into tortillas along with some salsa and a little cheese. A healthy filling lunch. Hot or cold!
Sandy

Soup

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-06-24 13:27.

We'll definitely be trying the soup, it looks lovely. My husband isn't a fan of smooth soups so this will definitely be a hit with him. I planted spinach a few weeks ago and was a bit heavy handed with the seeds so I'm trying to think of ways to use the little leaves rather than thin them out and the plants go to waste so this fits the bill perfectly. Thanks.

Leanne

Beans

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2008-06-25 02:20.

Those recipes look great and I can't wait to try them. I have a few recipes that I use that call for canned beans. Do you know how to I can figure out how much of the dried I should use instead of canned?

Soup looks great for a cold

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-06-30 21:41.

This soup looks like it would be very soothing for the horrible cold and double ear infection I have. By the way, I'd love to hear your tips on cold/ear infection relief and pain management.

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