Canning green beans in all their varieties is one of the easiest pressure canning projects you can do. Beans are a super-producer most gardening years, and canning them is one of the best ways to preserve them. Once beans are ripe on the plant, they will continue to produce more beans if the ripe ones […]
The Four Best Methods for Long Term Food Storage
I had a reader email with a question about long term storage of rice. The following is the answer I gave her. Although we were discussing rice, these storage techniques work for long term storage of any dry product (wheat, rice, beans, oats, sugar, etc.). I bought a bag of rice and I do not […]
Sneak Beans Into Your Diet With Secret Soup
As promised, here is a fabulous “cream” soup you can make from your sprouted beans. To be fair, you could also make this from any cooked white bean whether or not you sprouted it first. Using sprouted beans just makes it easier on the digestive tract. This soup is great for working beans into your […]
The Sprouts That Help Digest: Sprouting Soup Beans
Sprouting soup beans is really simple and quick. If you already do the overnight soak on your beans before cooking, sprouting your soup beans only adds about another 24 hours to your prep time. You may ask–“Why would you want to sprout soup beans?” Well, I’ll tell you. Besides adding a bit of extra vitamin […]
The Complete Pictorial Guide to Quick Soaking Beans
Sometimes when I want a meal with beans I remember the day before and soak my beans overnight. But sometimes I forget to get the beans soaking and remember in the late morning on the day I want to have the ham and bean soup that my beans need soaked. Thank goodness there’s a method […]
Ham and Jacob’s Cattle Bean Soup
Had some soup the other night with some of the Jacob’s Cattle Beans we grew last year. Yummy. They weren’t quite as “smooth” as the Calypso bean or the Mayflower bean, but were still really tasty and pink so they matched the ham! Can’t beat that. ;) Here’s the beans before and after. We’ve got […]
