Kitchen Talk for February 7th

[Cindy18]

It's Bean Month

What is your favorite bean? Do you cook with dried beans? How do you "soften" or cook your dry beans?

[wakymom]

 I only like green beans. Can't stand the texture of all the others.

 

 

 

 

 

[SarahSuzyQ]

I'm not really big on beans. Other than green beans and refried, I really don't cook with them much... I just don't care for the flavor.

[kmrtigger]

I do not have a favorite. I cook dried beans more often than I do the canned beans. I soak the beans over night to clean and soften them, before cooking all day.

[rHOPEb]

I don't know if I have a 'favorite' one.  I like them all in their own way.  Lentils are great meat subsitute and I've made meatloaf from them.  I cook with dried beans all the time, more so than canned.  I rarely buy canned foods.  I will do an over-night soak if I remember, but usually its the quick soak then cook.   

[steelcrazy]

Beans, beans the musical food. The more you eat, the more you toot. The more you toot, the better you feel. So eat your beans for every meal!

I love beans. I think that green beans are my fave.

I soak my dried beans to soften them.

[ash522]

We love beans. Black, pinto, kidney, small red,northern & green beans are probably the ones we eat the most. I rarely buy canned beans anymore. I usually cook them in my crock-pot. Cajun red beans & rice....mmmmmmm

[auntangelofsix]

We love lima bean n blackeyed peas

[soymujer]

Not a bean lover.  Only beans I cook are green beans and the occasional times when a recipe we fix has beans in it.

[Larisa72]

YUM!!

I used dried beans, soak them overnight then simmer them the next day....we've recently had ham-bean soup and turkey-bean soup....with homemade bread, of course....filling, "nummy" and easy to make (plus great on days that are colder than well.....you know the saying...lol)

[angelyuna20]

I like pinto beans, I've cooked them dry before. when cooking them dry I soften them with fatty bacon. If I'm fixing them out of a can I just use some butter.