I've made this recipe before and
did use dry beans & peeled them and am not sold on it being worth the effort.
Not exact matches
Do you have an advice for me how much chickpeas (or
beans or lentils in your other recipes) I should take if I
use the
dried ones?
Should I
use dry beans and if so how
do I prepare those I know they have to be soaked overnight?
I
use tinned
beans as you usually have to soak
dried beans over night, but please feel free to
do this then just follow the recipe as normal x
Roughly 1/2 cup each of: - Red Pepper, sliced - Carrot, Shredded or peeled thinly with a veggie peeler, or chopped - Broccoli Florets - Broccoli Stem - Cauliflower - Green
Beans 3 cups spinach 3 cloves garlic 2 tsp
dry or 2 inches fresh grated ginger 2 Tbs sesame oil 1 Tbs honey 2 - 3 Tbs tamari (or to taste) Olive oil - enough for cooking veggies (if
using a non-stick pan you'd need less, but I don't recommend non-stick pans) 1 Tbs turmeric sea salt + cayenne to taste 4 eggs or 1/2 block of firm tofu chopped Left over grains (optional)
Of course, you could also
use dried beans and cook them in large batches (something I really want to get into the habit of
doing more), but to save time, I often find myself grabbing for a can of organic
beans.
I
do that on occasion,
use the whey in lemonade, as part of the soaking liquid w /
dried beans, etc..
Weigh the foil down with pie weights,
dry beans, or
do what I
did and
use ramekins.
I don't know why it took me so long to get into this routine but the past year or so I started consistently crock potting a batch of
dried beans every Sunday to be
used throughout the week.
Directions for confit: While
beans are cooking finely chop 1 or 2 medium onions and 6 cloves of garlic / Saute quietly in 3 T olive oil for about 8 minutes, stirring often — don't let them brown / Add 2 C chicken or vegetable stock and simmer together with 1 T finely chopped rosemary and 1 — 1 1/2 T winter or summer savory (I had to
use dried) until stock is reduced to just below the onion mixture / Still no salt / Mixture will be a little like «marmalade» in terms of thickness / The reduction will take anywhere from 30 -40 minutes, about the same time required to cook the
beans / When both are
done mix together with salt (start w / 1 teaspoon) and pepper to taste / Cook together for another 10 minutes / Good stuff.
Worst case, we
do have green
beans we grew that I put up last August that need to be
used up, some fresh shallots and some «sun»
dried tomatoes I just dehydrated.
I don't
use baking soda, I either overnight soak the
beans or
do a quick soak, as directed on the package (I
use Whole Foods» 365 organic
dried garbanzos) and then cook as instructed.
Did you
use canned
beans or
dried beans?
If
using canned
beans,
do you need to
dry them out a little first, or will the skins come off if they are wet?
Since my pantry is full of all sorts of
dried beans that I don't
use nearly enough, here is a recipe for white
bean stew with pumpkin and kale.
I didn't have canned
beans so I
used dry black
beans.
I
used canned baked
beans instead of cannellini because I didn't have
dried.
Toppings: Chopped nuts,
dried fruit, rolled oats (soaked, et cetera as applicable) Fresh cream (organic, raw preferred) Additional sweetener, such as honey, maple syrup, or brown sugar Sliced fresh fruit Grated citrus zest (lemon and orange are both wonderful) Vanilla
bean paste (contains processed sugar,
use with discretion) Method: My friend Millie at Real Food for Less Money came up with the base for this recipe, and I'm so glad she
did!
1 1/2 cups brown rice flour 1 1/2 cups garbanzo
bean flour 2 cups corn starch (potato starch may be
used instead) 1 cup tapioca flour 4 teaspoons xanthan gum 1/2 teaspoon salt (OPTIONAL — personally I don't
use any salt) 2 Tablespoons sugar (evaporated cane juice) 2 packages active
dry yeast 1 Tablespoon olive oil 4 1/2 cups warm water (more water may be necessary) 1 - 2 tablespoons dill weed 1/4 cup poppy seeds
2 cups small white
beans (
dry) 2 carrots 1 large onion 2 teaspoons garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon turmeric 1/4 teaspoon blackpepper salt to taste (I don't
use any) 1/4 cup fresh dill, chopped juice...
Cathy, I
did use dried navy
beans.
2/3 cup
dried white
beans (normally I'm all about canned
beans to save time, but these were on sale at Target...
used canned if you didn't go crazy and buy 10 bags of
dried beans) 2 Tbsp capers 1 Tbsp olive oil 2 Tsp vegan Worcestershire sauce 2 Tsp nutritional yeast Salt to taste Water to reach desired consistency
Only slight change I had to make was I had to
used dried pinto
beans (so had to soak & cook those first) as we don't have canned in the UK.
anniem - don't know where you live but I also buy
dried black
beans at my local vietnamese shop here in Sydney (Marrickville)- definitely not to be confused with the fermented soybeans
used in black
bean sauce.
The
beans on the other hand... well... I always have good intentions of giving those a soak and
using them up — but inevitably I buy canned because I often don't plan ahead — which is why I'm so glad that I found another recipe that specifically calls for
dried beans to help me
use them up.
Warning:
Do not
use beans or
dried pasta if your child is still mouthing objects as this may be a choking risk!
In addition, if you don't have time to
use dry beans, why not keep some canned
beans on hand?
Ingredients: 2 cups
dried beans, soaked and rinsed, or 6 cups of cooked
beans, rinsed and drained 4 cups water 2 1/2 cups chopped onion 2 TBSP minced garlic 2 1/2 cups shredded zucchini (or diced, but I
used previously frozen shredded)- if you don't have any, or not in season, feel free to omit 1 cup chopped carrot 1 cup chopped bell pepper (any color) 1... Read More»
If you don't feel like
using the slow cooker you could also just make it in a big pot on the stove — I'd say you'd want to simmer it for about 3 hours if you
use dried beans, but if you
use canned then you could probably get away with maybe 30 - 45 minutes of simmering on the stovetop.
2 cups small white
beans (
dry) 2 carrots 1 large onion 2 teaspoons garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon turmeric 1/4 teaspoon blackpepper salt to taste (I don't
use any) 1/4 cup fresh dill, chopped juice...
Dried beans are a versatile ingredient that take on flavor as they cook, while canned
beans, which are already fully cooked, offer convenience because they don't require hours of soaking prior to
use.
It helps that we make as much from scratch as we can, including all the baking, and
do things like
use dried beans instead of canned, and go meatless a couple nights a week.