What are some ways to incorporate more beans in my diet?!


Question: What are some ways to incorporate more beans in my diet!?
Other than bean salads!?
Are there any dishes where beans are the 'main focus' of the meal!?
And does anyone have a recipe for vegetarian bean curry!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
I make beans quite often!. Here are some of my favorite ways to make them the focus of the meal!.

- Use black beans and add taco seasoning for a delicious taco/burrito filling or use canned refried beans!. Or, you could always make your own refried beans with pinto beans!.
- Make a veggie chili using beans!. There are a TON of recipes for this!.
- Black bean soup, lentil soup, etc, etc!.!.!.!.
- Puree white beans with a little veggie broth and herbs and serve it as a side!.

- Here is a bean curry that I like!. I would add some crushed tomatoes with it though, just as a recommendation!.
http://allrecipes!.com/Recipe/Chickpea-Cu!.!.!.

- Another lentil bean curry (masoor dal)!.
http://allrecipes!.com/Recipe/Easy-Masoor!.!.!.

- Black beans and rice!. Add mango on top for more deliciousness!.
http://allrecipes!.com/Recipe/Black-Beans!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

A quick mid-meal snack or quick lunch break:
Bean and Cheese burritos
-Flour Tortilla
-Refried beans
-Shredded cheese of your choice
-Green chilli sauce

On a plate, spread beans, cheese, and sauce onto the totrilla, heat up in the microwave for approx 15 mins!. Take it out, roll up into a burrito, and enjoy!Www@FoodAQ@Com

5 bean chilli, fajitas with mixed veg and refried beans, enchiladas with chilli filling, tortilla pie with veggie chilli filling (every chilli i make is slightly different depending on what veggies i have), veggie sausage and bean cassoulet, irish stew with butter beans rather than lamb (only 30-45 min cooking time), baked potato and baked beansWww@FoodAQ@Com

Just have beans as a side dish!.
Put lentils into things you're going to eat that are thick, like chili, stew, or soup!.
Add beans to your rice!.
Mash beans and spread them on your sandwiches instead of using mustard (I like adding hummus, which is made from garbanzo beans)!.
Make a bean burrito!.

Think outside the box!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Open a can of beans, heat them on the stove, and eat them!. I'm not joking, I do that!.

Or you could wrap them in a tortilla and make a burrito!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You can subsitute them in any many meat dishes that call for ground beef!. Rice and bean mixes (raw or box mixes) are nice and more balanced!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

puree beans into sauces or soup
top off salad
filling in an omlette
veg chili
hummus
dip for veggies
use in place of meat for lasagnaWww@FoodAQ@Com

Boil your dried beans in a veg stock for several hours and when they are almost tender, add fresh veggies for a nice soup!. I don't know about bean curry!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You can put canned beans (kidney/white/brown) in spaghetti!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

try lentils with spinach, tomatoes,and onions!. it's really good and healthyWww@FoodAQ@Com





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