The recipe is a variation of Tex-Mex Bean Pot (with vegan alternative recipe), which includes green bell peppers and spicy bulk sausage, such as Jimmy Dean, neither of which we happened to have. The smoked sausage is very mild flavored and cannot be described as “spicy”, so we added the New Mexico Red Chile Caribe… Continue reading Smoked Sausage Bean Pot
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Lima Bean Soup
Photo by Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org (via Wikimedia Commons) CC BY 3.0 When I was a child, my mother would serve green lima beans as a vegetable on the side of the plate, and I would leave them for last because I hated them so. But dried lima beans are not the… Continue reading Lima Bean Soup
Tex-Mex Bean Pot (with vegan alternative recipe)
5 cups cooked beans (from cooking 1 pound dried pinto, great northern, or lima beans)or4 cans cooked beans, drained and rinsed (14.5 ounces each) ½ pound spicy bulk sausage (Jimmy Dean, for example)or½ pound vegan sausage alternative (Gimme Lean, for example) 1 Spanish onion, chopped 2 large green peppers, chopped in 1 inch pieces 1… Continue reading Tex-Mex Bean Pot (with vegan alternative recipe)
Breakfast Beans
“Why beans for breakfast?” The author says that since beans take longer to digest than many other foods, breakfast is the ideal time to eat them, because you will then have all day to digest. And it’s hot, savory, and a good, filling breakfast. (A friend of ours tells us that beans at breakfast is… Continue reading Breakfast Beans
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