We're deep into Autumn right now. The move from bright to dark has begun, a yearly non-negotiable event that has a profound influence on our lives. The extent that we can shift with it will become t...
Black beans are one of the staples of our pantry. At a loss for dinner? Crack open a can of black beans, combine with a few veggies, and presto! Healthy vegetarian dinner. Here's a look at a few more ...
Soupy beans with garlic, tomato, and thyme. We took one look at that recipe and description in Gourmet's latest issue, and we were hooked. ...
We love beans. We love them on their own, we love them in soups, we love them mashed into dips. But we definitely don't love some of their less fun digestive consequences. Apologies for the rather ind...
Recipe: Black Bean Burritos How long does it take? 1 hour Category: Vegetarian Name: Tracey Why is it a favorite meal? It's so simple and delicious. I usually double the recipe so we have leftovers....
We've been getting into the habit of cooking our own beans, and we recently learned something interesting. Did you know it makes a big difference in texture if you leave the pot covered or not?...
Recipe: Warm Cranberry Beans with Frizzled Onions, Heirloom Tomatoes and Fried Egg Category: Vegetarian How long does it take? 25 minutes Name: Jill Why is it a favorite meal? Despite the prospect o...
Q: I hate buying canned beans — the sodium, the shipping weight, the flavor, etc. But whenever i try to boil beans at home they NEVER GET SOFT. They have a bitter taste, and often go grey. If...
Beans are a great base for weeknight meals, but while they're incredibly simple to make, there's one key ingredient we just don't have every night: time. That's why we like to make a pot over the week...
Name: Laura Location: Santa Barbara, California How are you staying cool? When the Pacific breeze and fog doesn't blanket the city I like to keep cool with simple salads. No ovens. No stoves. Just fr...
Do you use mung beans? Do you have any recipe recommendations for Sara? She writes: I had a recipe that called for mung beans and I finally found them in my local Indo-Pak grocery, but I used a small ...
It’s no surprise that baked beans are a new favorite subject among food bloggers: they are incredibly cheap, laughably low-maintenance, and perfect for a summer barbecue or camping trip. I always ma...
Whether you eat meat or not, heirloom beans are one thing we should all be able to agree on. Heirloom beans, thanks in part to the phenomenally popular beans of Rancho Gordo, have seen an enormous ren...
This rich, spicy stew really hits the spot on cold winter nights. Chorizo, the Spanish pork sausage flavored with smoked paprika and chilies, has a spicy, robust flavor that just permeates this soup. ...
A member of the kelp family, kombu is a versatile pantry ingredient that provides dishes with umami flavor, nutrients, and minerals. Dried kombu can be used to make broth, added to beans to make them ...
With all the bean talk this month, we started thinking about which herbs and spices go well with specific varieties of beans. In general, most beans go well with herbs like parsley, rosemary, sage, sa...
We have one last recipe for you from the Rancho Gordo cookbook, Heirloom Beans (reviewed here). This one didn't have an accompanying photo in the book, and we really wanted to try it ourselves. So we ...
A happy accident with a pot of very overcooked beans a few years back resulted in this bean dip. It's now become one of our favorite healthy snacks and we always keep a few containers in our freezer f...
We've talked a lot about Rancho Gordo and their heirloom beans this month, and we're not finished yet -- there's one more recipe from Heirloom Beans coming up this afternoon, and we've saved the best ...
We promised you three recipes from Steve Sando's great new cookbook: Heirloom Beans. We love this bright book and all the delicious and practical recipes inside. This recipe is a great example of thos...
If you've been following along this past month, you know that we love beans. We also love our slow-cooker. Lucky for us, it just so happens that beans and slow-cookers make excellent friends! Here's h...
Beans are the star this month, as we focus on Eating Light in January -- but without losing the comfort of hot, creamy winter foods. And these beans have been whispering to us since we first saw them ...
Ava is inspired to cook beans, but she's looking for some tips on freezing cooked beans. Can you help? All this talk of beans makes me want to make nothing but bean soups, stews, and chilis, and I'm...
Sometimes eating light in January is just too darn hard. There's not a lot of green, not a lot of crunchy vegetables. So we broke down and bought a mess of expensive hot-house vegetables the other day...
We promised you three recipes from Heirloom Beans, the new book by Rancho Gordo Steve Sando. First up is also the first recipe we bookmarked to try from this wonderful cookbook: a stew of soft, creamy...
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