{"id":187,"date":"2021-09-27T21:28:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T21:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revsaralewis.com\/?p=187"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:36:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:36:45","slug":"beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revsaralewis.com\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"Beans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This will be my last post for this month’s focus on Movement One: Food<\/a>, so I’m going to focus on one of my favorite foods – Beans!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beans I grew in my garden this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It’s a pretty underrated food. with a bad reputation for giving people gas<\/a>. But beans are a wonderful source of protein and fiber, and a very affordable food. In their dry form they store really well, or of course you can buy them canned as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m in favor of buying them in bulk as dry beans. Unfortunately, I know many people just don’t know how to cook them! A food bank staffer once told me that no one wants to take the dry beans, so that they consider them basically trash at the food bank. A real shame, I feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The dry beans I shelled from my garden harvest this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That said, cooking beans does require more time than most home cooks have to dedicate to dinner these days. That can be worked around pretty easily and cheaply with a Slow Cooker<\/a>, and some advanced planning so you start the beans ahead of when you need them. And this year I got my first InstantPot, which means that now I can decide in the afternoon that I want to have beans for dinner and still cook them in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another option for the time-crunched home cook is to cook your beans ahead of time and keep them in the fridge to toss into your recipe. I have done that with chickpeas, cooking them ahead of time and then having them in the fridge to put on top of salads<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However you find the time, you’ll be opening up a whole new world of affordable nutrition. You can get the basic dry beans at any grocery store, and warehouse stores often have giant bulk bags. Or, while it’s a bit more money, there are amazing heritage bean varieties out there you may never have even heard of. I grow some beans in my garden each year and have lots of fun with the cool colors and shapes and flavors. There’s also a very cool company, Rancho Gordo<\/a>, that specializes in heritage beans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I encourage everyone to try more beans. Healthy, sustainable, affordable, they check all the boxes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This will be my last post for this month’s focus on Movement One: Food, so I’m going to focus on one of my favorite foods – Beans! It’s a pretty underrated food. with a bad reputation for giving people gas. But beans are a wonderful source of protein and fiber, and a very affordable food. … <\/p>\n

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