Learn how to cook beans from scratch at home. This super simple step-by-step tutorial will give you creamy, delicious beans every time at a fraction of the cost of canned beans. Plus 7 bonus methods for de-gassing beans too!
If you’ve ever spent hours on end cooking beans and they are still too firm to enjoy, the culprit probably isn’t the recipe or your cooking technique, but rather the bean itself. If you happen to get to the point where you’ve cooked these beans and come to this unfortunate end, u...
Dry beans are cheaper.Regardless of what type of dry beans you cook (i.e. pinto beans, chickpeas, black beans, kidney beans, red beans, lima beans, cannellini, etc.), it’s cheaper to cook your dry beans than it is to buy canned. (Here’s the cost breakdownif you want to nerd ...
There are some things that are as easy as boiling water – only if you know ‘how-to’. As long as you are ready to learn, you can easily master anything in the kitchen. Here is a list of some basic tasks around the kitchen. Don’t find what you were looking for? Please write t...
With beans or without beans, whatever your choice of chili is, it's great cold. Easier to eat, no need for additives to thicken it up and tastes great. 98.6% of folks can agree that chili is ALWAYS better the next day. #3 Fried Chicken ...
Learn how easy it is to cook cabbage in the oven or on the stovetop or grill. Plus, find out how to make sauerkraut and coleslaw.
One pound of dried beans = 2 cups of beans = 5 to 6 cups of cooked beans, depending on the type. Dry beans should always be cooked in soft water or they will be tough You can add a pinch of baking soda to the pot if you have hard water ...
To make sure the ingredients can be cooked in a very short time, they are cut into thin slices, shreds or dices. The instant boiled foods are usually dipped in seasonings before eating. The food can be eaten directly if being boiled in a pot of seasoned soup. Classic dishes: Hot Pot,...
I freeze my cooked beans in small freezer containers that hold 2 cups. That way it’s easy to know how many I’m getting when I pull some out of the freezer. But in the U.S. a can of cooked beans is usually 1 3/4 cups of cooked beans, so keep that in mind if you’re usin...
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