Beans and Peas
On the week-end my mother gave me a few bags of yellow peas, kidney beans and yellow split peas. I think she got them from the same lady that had the tomatoes that fell off a truck, but I am not totally sure about that...LOL
I took them home since I also have a bag of chick peas and a bag of pinto beans and we figured I could find some good recipes online and then make individual vacuumed sealed bags for each of us. So say a recipe calls for 1c peas, 1c chickpeas, 1c kidney beans I will measure it all out, put it in a bag and seal it. That way when we make soup you can just pour the whole bag into the pot and you’re done.
The problem is I cannot find a nice variety of recipes it’s just a lot of split pea soup and chilli. Also I am not sure if I can substitute yellow peas for lentils. I don’t see why not, but since I have never used dried legumes before I am not sure. I am going to have to do a lot more research than I though...silly peas and beans!
Who would have thought that using dried beans and peas would require so much work...maybe it’s just me...LOL If anyone has any tips or suggestions I would love to hear them!
Take Care,
That's a nice selection of beans you have there..I'd just take a half cup of each and bag them for a one pot meal (most likely a soup would be the best choice i could make. ) Or bag up a cup or two for separate dishes cook and add to rice..All I could think of for now :o)
ReplyDeleteI hve BAGS of dried beans and never seem to use them! Thank goodness they keep!!
ReplyDeleteI keep all our beans in old jars on the kitchen counter to display.
ReplyDeleteWhen I fill up the jars and as there is some left I have another old jar that I put an assortment of beans.
When the jar is full I make a pot of mixed beans and cornbread.
Split peas and lentils are also add to the jar of beans.