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A Recipe by Richard Mann Ah; we see Texas is back, taking credit for this wonderfully spicy hot black bean soup. Perhaps our neighbors a little further to the south might be more appropriately credited with this. Whoever's responsible, it's a great crock pot soup that's easy to make. You can easily adjust the heat level using the instructions the recipe, all the way from relatively mild and inoffensive up to ultra-macho hot.
A Recipe by Richard Mann Oh my goodness; we're going to put enough spices into this lovely pot of beans to make it smell and taste so good no one could resist them.
An Article by Richard Mann Rich learns about bean pots and decides he must have one. Here's how he went about stalking and bagging the elusive bean pot.
A Recipe by Richard Mann If you're in the mood for a tasty chicken salad with a tangy southwestern flavor, this is the dish for you. It features canned black beans, orange juice, lime juice, oranges, onions, and much more. You're going to like this.
A Recipe by Richard Mann This is my personal chili recipe that I've been making for over 30 years. We served it at a church Christmas party last night. (We made a 16-recipe batch!) We got many, many raves and dozens of requests for the recipe, so I'm posting here for all to see. Check it out.
A Recipe by Richard Mann Here's an unusual soup featuring five types of canned beans (including adzuki beans, if you can find them), potatoes, and spaghetti sauce. If you're careful with the choice of spaghetti sauce, it's a vegetarian soup.
An Article by Richard Mann Here's a rough-and-tumble, he-man sort of baked beans from a writer of stories of the Old West. These beans feature the regular baked bean ingredients, but add doses of strong black coffee and bourbon, among other unusual things. If you're up for baked beans that'll put hair on your chest (so to speak), give these a try.
A Recipe by Dr. Dick Dyer Here's an intriguing recipe for hash that uses no meat, but combines potatoes and kidney beans to create a savory and healthy hash. I say it's healthy because Dick's wife is a registered dietician specializing in cancer survivors--and she put the recipe on her web site as an example of excellent nutrition.
A Recipe by Stan, a 24-year veteran Lehigh Valley Railroad locomotive engineer Stan contacted us here at the Bean Bible to offer us this fascinating and delicious-sounding recipe. He says that in the 60s and 70s, these baked beans were made in the dining cars on the old Lehigh Valley Railroad. It's got dang near everything interesting that anyone ever put into baked beans. Check it out....
An Article and Recipe by Richard Mann Here's another easy-to-make main dish, featuring angel-hair pasta and sausage, along with the beans and other stuff. If you're wondering why it's a "cassoulet," read the article, where I explain that interesting term. (Hint: This isn't really a cassoulet.) Whatever it really is, it's good.
A Recipe by Richard Mann A number of "Hawaiian baked beans" recipes are making the rounds. They are quite popular, and rightly so. They tend to be crock pot recipes, as this one is, but most use canned baked beans as a starting point. This one starts with canned kidney beans and, by adding just the right combination of other stuff, gives you a great new taste sensation.
A Recipe by Richard Mann This delicious one-dish meal features ground beef, potatoes, beans, rice, and, well, lots of good stuff. Beans? Of course it has beans. How the shipwreck comes into play, I'm not sure, but I am sure that I love this recipe.
A Recipe by Richard Mann Easy? You want easy? OK, here's the absolute pinnacle of easiness. Sort through some beans, soak them overnight, and dump them in a crock pot with a jar of salsa. (Well, OK, soaking them overnight takes some planning. So use canned beans. Then it will be the easiest darn recipe you ever had.) After they've cooked all day, you have a heavenly pot of beans.
A Product Review by Richard Mann Mexicali Rose, an El Paso company, sells its revolutionary instant refried beans all over the country. The beans come dry in a bag. Add water, heat, and you have great refried beans in no time at all. How good are they? What varieties do they have? Where's their website? Should you try them, too? Come read our review for the answers to these and other fascinating questions.
A Recipe by Linda Miller Here's a great Halloween recipe for a simple hand- and tummy-warming chili. In keeping with the season, it uses some slightly unusual ingredients, such as eye of newt and pureed wasp . (If you don't normally stock those sorts of things, we have some suggestions as to acceptable substitutes that you're more likely to have on hand.) It's all in good fun, so click on through and have a look at this whimsical recipe, which actually makes an interesting version of standard chili that uses pearl barley and celery.
A Recipe by Richard Mann This delicious meatball minestroni is fast and easy to make (and thus, "mindless"), but tastes as if you'd spent all day slowly simmering these fabulous flavors together into this masterpiece of soups.
A Recipe by Richard Mann Baked beans with cranberry sauce in them? Oh, yes, indeed. These wonderful beans bring a new tang and flavor to our traditional favorite baked beans.
An Article by Chef James T. Ehler Chef James Ehler, proprietor of FoodReference.com and a master chef in Key West, Florida, explains all about black beans. Black beans, widely used in Latin America and the Caribbean, are popping up everywhere in American cuisine. Let Chef James tell you all about the history and nutritional facts of black beans as well as how best to use them.
A Recipe by Don Holt Don Holt, a long-time Cincinnati chili lover and cook, shares his unusual recipe for pork chili made with butternut squash, several kinds of beans, corn, and (shhh! this is secret...) chocolate and cinnamon. The next time the right kind of pork is on sale, I know what I'll be cooking! (Don will be back with the story of the regular Cincinnati Chili in the near future; stay tuned.)
A Recipe by Richard Mann Here's a recipe for a quick, fresh, interesting kind of baked beans: Dr Pepper Baked Beans. Now, don't dismiss these beans just because they're made with something weird. They're really quite good! When I mention that I feel like making something with beans, my daughter never fails to suggest Dr Pepper Beans, which are her all-time favorite beans.
A Recipe by Richard Mann Cincinnati Five-Way Chili is a traditional dish from that particular part of Ohio (and thus, this counts as one of our "50 States of Beans" entries--more about that in days to come). The "five ways" in the name mean that it has pasta, chili, cheese, onions, and beans. Come read about this interesting Ohio chili.
An Article by Richard Mann We all know about the indelicate social consequences that sometimes arise from eating beans. Here's the result of extensive research on the subject: everything you ever wanted to know--and more!
A Recipe by Richard Mann Here at Bean Bible, we're always looking for good ways to use chicken with our beans. Here's a little baked bean goodie that uses whatever chicken pieces you happen to have handy, adds some beans and an interesting combination of other things to make a great little barbecued bean casserole.
A Recipe by Cyndi Hackett At a picnic, the author decided to try yet another (ho-hum) kind of baked beans. To her delight, these were not ho-hum beans; they were...well, let's let Cyndi tell the story.
An Article by Richard Mann Want a cookbook that focuses on beans? We can help. Listed here, with brief comments, are the top five best-selling bean books on Amazon.com (the only place I could figure out how to get a list of best-selling bean books). Come take a look.
A Recipe by Richard Mann If you are a vegetarian with a crock pot and a hankerin' for Boston Baked Beans, have we got a recipe for you! The rest of you might also want to take a look at this, too; it's a good recipe for a hearty pot of baked beans with that traditional Boston flavor--we just left out the salt pork. It's no great loss; the beans are good.
A Recipe by Richard Mann This fun baked bean dish adds to our collection of unusual but interesting baked bean recipes. This time we use three meats and three beans along with a few odd-ball spices to create a vaguely German-tasting pot of beans.
A Recipe by Roger Carter Now here's a recipe that has it all! It starts with mixed dried beans, includes canned baked beans, adds green chilies and other wonderful southwestern flavors, and uses a crock pot to pre-cook the beans. Then when you're done, you have a vegetarian dish that anyone will love. (Be sure, however, to read the notes at the end before you start cooking.)
A Recipe by Richard Mann This interesting bean casserole is a little like a traditional seven-layer bean dip made with refried beans and guacamole. This one uses canned pinto beans, tomatoes, cheese, corn, and crushed chips in with the beans. The result is unusual, but quite good. Use it as bean dish at a meal or use it as bean dip. If you have an avocado protester in your midst, it makes a wonderful avocado-free dip.
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The Bean Book Roy F. Guste, Jr., former proprietor of Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans and noted cookbook author, has put together this wonderful collection of recipes for bean dishes from around the world. Everything you can imagine is in here; the variety of recipes is amazing. It includes "light" versions and a full nutritional analysis of each recipe. How does Bourbon and Black Bean Pie sound? Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with your Slow Cooker We usually feature bean cookbooks here, but this superb slow cooker (crock pot) cookbook has at least a hundred great bean recipes in it! My wife brought it home and I'm sold on it. The "Bean Main Dishes" section alone has 53 recipes. Recipes are short, simple, tasty, and don't use weird ingredients that you don't already have. And, while I'm excited about the bean recipes (the Sausage Bean Quickie will be the first one we try), the rest of the recipes also look wonderful. The cover says it's a "National #1 bestselling cookbook!" I believe it. Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
Easy Beans: Fast and Delicious Bean, Pea, and Lentil Recipes, Second Editon Now in a new and improved second edition, this easy-to-use and highly popular cookbook makes cooking with beans as easy as it can possibly be. No soaking beans, no complex recipes with wild, improbable ingredients. The book lives up to its promise of easy, tasty, fun recipes. Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
