Tips to stretch the food dollars: Beans - Good for the Heart

Making good use of dried beans to stretch your grocery bill. Dry beans store for EVER and are easily stocked in a variety. A few tricks to making them easier to use and just as convenient as canned beans.

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Best Blessings!
Donna Miller

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[mrbr549]

Hey Donna, great video! I learned some things even though we have used dried beans for years. Two questions though, 1. When using your rinse method, how do you remove the grit or other objects that are sometimes in the dried beans? 2. Is it ok to freeze the soaked beans and leave them in the freezer until the next time we want a meal with them? Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[thewheatguy]

@mrbr549 ~ Great questions.

1. The 'grit' is washed away because we do two rinses, but the stones that sometimes show up in beans I look for before pouring in to soak the first time. 2. Yes. They will keep for a very very long time (I've had some at least a year) in the freezer and then when cooking, cook just as fast as if they'd soaked.

Thank you for your kind and encouraging words. It's a delight to know these are helpful!

Blessings,

Donna

[MotherLodeBeth]

Havent read all the comments so I dont know if this has been answered, but when you rinse and drain for two days, are the beans put in the refrigerator or left on the counter? We eat a lot of beans, and do the soaking, but over night, and we have never tried the freezing routine, but will do it and see how it works. Thanks.

[thewheatguy]

@MotherLodeBeth ~ Hey MLB glad to see you here! We soak over night out on the counter. Second rinse soak depends on how long until using. Less than 8 hrs = counter. More than 8 hrs = fridge (keeps froth down). I found out about the freezing bit because we had to be gone suddenly for a few days after the first soak of some beans, and the fridge was not an option. In order not to lose them, I froze them. Worked just like soaked beans. Fast cooking!

Thanks for the comment!

Be Blessed!

Donna

[zackthegoth]

are bush's baked beans good for you?

[thewheatguy]

@zackthegoth - This would be a case of looking at the ingredients used, since they are usually NOT just the beans in seasoned water (like you can make yourself). Many of the canned baked beans have high fructose corn syrup, modified corn starch...etc that are not 'good-for-you' ingredients. So label reading would help answer that question better than I could...but I'm thinking they are 'moderate' but they still need to be missing the corn syrup and starch to be even that.

[HypeBeGone]

Sexy lady!

[thewheatguy]

@redherringbone ~ Good Point! Just remember to let the water cool completely first or....dead plant.

Since there is no fat or animal product added to the beans we use, the water is perfect for that.

NICE COMMENT - Thanks!

Best Blessings,

Donna

[redherringbone]

@evegpt sounds delicious!

[redherringbone]

Just in case you didn't know you can pour the bean water on houseplants or in the garden rather than down the drain.