Recipes and Posts Tagged legumes
30-Minute BBQ Beans
Canned baked and BBQ beans have 500 mg of sodium or more in a miserly 1/2 cup serving, can contain caramel color, and come in BPA lined cans. Traditional, homemade baked beans using dry beans are delicious, but take hours to prepare and bake. This 30-Minute BBQ Beans recipe, uses ...
Read moreCooking Dry Beans
Advantages of Dry Beans Canned beans are convenient, but there are several reasons for buying and cooking dry beans instead of canned beans: Lower Cost More Variety Significantly Less Sodium BPA Free With dry beans you get just beans and no chemicals, additives or preservatives. Beans are an excellent source of ... more
Read moreLegumes Lower LDL Cholesterol
What to lower your LDL cholesterol and heart attack risk? Then give peas a chance and beans, chickpeas and lentils. A research study reported a 5 percent drop in blood LDL cholesterol by eating a three-quarter cup (180 ml) serving of legumes a day. Not bad for a food thats only ... more
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