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Shopping for one, my way on Beans and Lentils

September 4th, 2011 at 11:23 am

This is the fourth in this series


These beans have been soaked & cooked both are the same bean, one has had the outer coating removed.


The end result - Bean Patties

It's was once said that beans were a poor man's food. I do know that beans & lentil are one food when bought dried do multiple and you get more for your dollars and the same with rice. So to save money or make food budget go further just make yourself learn to like beans. You can do a frugal foodie trip around the world without leaving home to do it. I often will pick a country that use beans in they diet and then try they foods for a week or two!

I buy no more than 1 kg (2lbs) at a time of different varieties. I do keep dried beans in glass jars so they are well sealed. Soaking and cooking about 1/2kg at a time. I do precook my beans and bag them into 2 cups portions then freeze until needed. Defrost before use.

This is an interesting website to read and each newsletter has recipes that are low GI in them do look at archives for past newsletters.

Text is How much protein you can get from plant foods and Link is http://ginews.blogspot.com/2011/08/gi-update.html
How much protein you can get from plant foods

Text is Hardy lentils ' poor man's meat' worth their weight in gold and Link is http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/content/news/2009/03/18/FOODlentils0319.html
Hardy lentils ' poor man's meat' worth their weight in gold

As I have done a lot of posting on beans and lentils before I will just post the links this time.

Just try Recipes on the side bar. It's about 3 pages long or go to post that interest you! Then have a look in My Pages section for more beans recipes.

This is the lentil series that was posted a few months ago!
Text is Lentils - part one and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2011/03/22/lentils-part-one-_67300/
Lentils - part one
Text is Lentils Recipes - part two and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2011/03/23/lentils-recipes-part-two_67355/
Lentils Recipes - part two
Text is More Lentils Recipes - part three and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2011/03/24/more-lentils-recipes-part-three_67390/
More Lentils Recipes - part three
Text is Saving Advice Lentils Recipes - part four and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2011/03/25/saving-advice-lentils-recipes-part-four_67425/
Saving Advice Lentils Recipes - part four
Text is Red Lentils and Barley Soup - low GI and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2011/03/21/red-lentils-and-barley-soup-low-gi-_67240/
Red Lentils and Barley Soup - low GI

Here the links to my beans & rice posts from last year.
Text is More links on Beans and Rice Recipes and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2010/10/30/more-links-on-beans-and-rice-recipes_63052/
More links on Beans and Rice Recipes
Text is Complete Protein Myth and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2010/10/29/complete-protein-myth_63037/
Complete Protein Myth
Text is More on Beans and Rice Challenge and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2010/10/28/more-on-beans-and-rice-challenge_63016/
More on Beans and Rice Challenge
Text is Bean & Rice Recipes Links and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2010/10/24/bean-rice-recipes-links-_62932/
Bean & Rice Recipes Links

Other bean posts over the years.
Text is Broad Beans Provencale and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2010/08/02/broad-beans-provencale_60994/
Broad Beans Provencale
Text is My Mezze or Meze Platter (Hummus bi Tahina) and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2007/01/13/my-mezze-or-meze-platter_20438/
My Mezze or Meze Platter (Hummus bi Tahina)
Text is CHICKPEA CURRY and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2011/05/13/chickpea-curry-_69216/
CHICKPEA CURRY
Text is Chickpea and Spinach Recipes and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2011/04/03/chickpea-and-spinach-recipes-_67834/
Chickpea and Spinach Recipes
Text is MINESTRONE and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2006/07/28/cooking-minestrone_11984/
MINESTRONE
Text is MIXED BEAN SALAD and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2006/07/01/getting-ready-for-a-outing-to-morrow_10816/
MIXED BEAN SALAD
Text is Italian Bean and Tuna Salad and Link is http://tightwadkitty.savingadvice.com/2006/10/24/italian-bean-and-tuna-salad_16129/
Italian Bean and Tuna Salad

7 Responses to “Shopping for one, my way on Beans and Lentils ”

  1. Dido Says:
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    Great post, thanks for the links! I'm trying to cut my food budget and this is a great start.

  2. Thrifty Ray Says:
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    My mom was a dollar-stretching bean-queen! We were raised feast or famine because of my dads job. I remember well having lots of butterbeans, pinto beans, split peas soup...all served with homemade cornbread. Thanks for the post...I didnt inherit my moms bean cooking ability, but will give it a try this fall!!

  3. rob62521 Says:
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    Good post and great ideas! Thanks!

  4. Carol Hardie Says:
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    Excellent post!thank you!and such great Link's,i was going out to buy a bag of Dried Bean's this morning,so i can make Bean Patties!

  5. Tightwad Kitty Says:
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    I am working on some more posts for this series but I may take a break and post my other stuff first. 1000th comment

  6. Tightwad Kitty Says:
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    I don't think my bean patties are posted on here.

    I will work on it.

  7. patientsaver Says:
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    I agree, beans are a cheap source of protein.

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