Sort, clean, & soak dried beans to save money

Learn to sort, rinse, and soak dried beans. See how dried beans compare to canned beans: you'll save a lot of money cooking dried beans! With Linda Watson from Cook for Good. See cookforgood.com for recipes. Video production by Christine and Bill Ramsey and RKM Productions.

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• cooking dried beans
• sorting dried beans
• cleaning beans
• canned beans
• save money
• save time
• save energy
• environment
• home cooking
• how to
• demo

[cookforgood]

Thanks, Red Shift! Beans should be soft like from the can but with a better texture. Crunchy ones may give you digestive problems. Be especially careful to cook kidney beans enough ... they can be toxic. See details on the basic beans recipe on the Cook for Good website.

[cookforgood]

Thanks so much, Raven4cmu! What a great first comment on my first video. Remember that you don't have to do it all ... even small changes count!

[redshiftexperiment]

this seems good, I am soaking up some beans myself. Q: My beans have been soaking all day after using the quick soak method. Now I bit into one of the (kidney) beans and it is a bit crunchy. (like a raw carrot) Is this normal for a dehydrated bean or should they be soft like the ones that come out of a can? I've never done this before so I am not sure what the testure is suppose to be like.

[SaviourSole]

This is great. But in order to truly compare dried to canned it would be good to consider the cost of the energy it takes to cook the beans.

We should all eat more healthfully and dried beans could be a great addition to our diets.

[runningburro]

It's great to see the woman behind the awesomeness that is Cook for Good.

I've been using your recipes in conjunction with Lorna Sass's _Vegetarian Cooking Under Pressure_. Pressure cooking plus Cook[ing] for Good rocks.

[j4him1121]

Hey Linda, I see you made it to Youtube now also. Way to go! Good info. I appreciate it. Never knew I had to pick rocks out, though I've cooked bagged beans before. Ooops. : - )

[bsfmom]

Congratulations on making the jump to video! I love Cook for Good and continue to make one change at a time. Our grocery budget is already down by at least $100 a month!!! Thanks Linda!

[peacelovechocolate]

Glad to see this video. Wish more people "knew" about the ease, economy and nutrition of beans.

One pot of pinto-bean chili lasts us all week. Talk about the original fast food, when you're really busy! Add a salad, or some guacamole or a microwaved sweet potato side, and you have some terrific and heart-healthy eating. And CHEAP!

Thanks for going over the basics. You do important work.

[OwensDad73]

I can get about 4 meals (2 dinners + 2 leftover lunches) out of a one pound bag of beans.

[shoofoolatte]

Yes! Yes! Yes! I'm gonna cook my beans every week! Thanks for showing this simple stuff, like sorting beans - I need it! And thank you for Cook for Good!