What's your favorite type of bean to add in... - Healthy Eating
What's your favorite type of bean to add in meals? Multiple choice.
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Butter beans
Butter Beans sound great. What do you have them with for certain meals? 
All salads and soups and you can make a dip with them.
Thank you for letting me know that Marthaclemat . Will have to try that next time I have a big salad for a dinner soon.
Butter beans generally put into stews and casseroles (with home made dumplings) mmm mmm
That does sound really great! When the temperatures are a little cooler, I will have to try them in a stew for a dinner idea.😀👍🍲
Hummus
I love eating hummus either mixed in with tuna or on its (hummus)own.😀👍
Oh never tried it mixed with tuna will try that.Thanks
You're welcome! If you use different flavors of hummus, they really help the taste of tuna. The ones I like the best for tuna is Roasted Pine Nut and both types of Olive flavored hummus along with the Spinach and Artichoke.
Now you have got my juice’s flowing, I will let yo7 know if I try something new.
Sounds good to me.
I use a tin of mixed beans which gives a range of sizes andtextures.
Do you use them for a 3-bean-salad?
Also Borlotti beans and white butter beans.
Haricot
All of them but not at the same time!
I like them all, too, willsie01 . Some of them are used for chili and others are for when we do salads/side dishes.
Pinto or borlotti to make dairy free cream of tomato soup. Chickpeas in curry and tinned three bean salad for salads.
That sounds good for both-- soup and salads.
Butter beans
What do you put the Butter Beans in (soup, salad, chili, etc.)?
My favourite use of butter beans us add them to softened onions, garlic, Italian herbs and tomatoes and serve the mixture with pasta.
I generally put butter beans in stews and casserole's last minute as I do like the soft crunch on them
Freshly picked green beans from the garden, young Broad beans (are they what you call Lima?)
Lima Beans are light green and is sometimes in a mixed vegetable bag. Green beans are great with any meal, too. They're both my favorite types of beans.
According to Google, Lima beans are butter beans and Broad beans are known as Fava beans. I love butter beans in soups and casseroles, Broad beans or Fava beans are beautiful when very young, as they mature on the plant, they become a bit tough.
Thank you for the information about the beans, kitchengardener2 .
My Niece helped me with a 3 bean salad for next week.
I know this is nothing to do with the beans, but I am growing potatoes in bags,and I had flower buds on, then they all disappeared.When we looked it looked as if they had been eaten along with some leaves,what I would like to know is would it be save to eat the pots.
Thank you
I would think so, have you had a feel around in the bag to see if you have potatoes? Unless there is any insect damage to the potatoes, they should be ok. You don't say where you are but in the UK there are very few insects which make produce inedible. I will check my vegetable book though.
I live in West Yorkshire, no I have not felt yet as my bags done not seem to be bulging, I will have a look around.The leaves are in good condition and I have never had this problem before.
Many thanks
Hi right so we aren't too far apart then, I live in Bridlington on the east coast but originally came from Bradford. I have sent you a follow request so we can keep comparing and I will check our potatoes later.
I like to use baked beans in a chilli 🙂
We use different kinds of beans for chilies, too.😀👍
Prefer Heinz baked beans, however as prices have shot up I now buy chic peas and make myself humus some days will be red peppers and another week could be tomatoes (healthy) its a lot cheaper making it and kidney beans (in chilly sauce) for chilly con carne
I always preferred Heinz beans but as you say with prices increasing, we have to think about the pennies adding up. I have tried most supermarket own brands but have come down in favour of Sainsbury's no added salt of sugar baked beans. In a blue tin they are about 45p per tin, half the price of Heinz. I also buy Sainsbury's own tinned tomatoes not the saver brand but the in between one. I never buy the tomato based products in unlined tins. They have been proven to have been linked to cancer.
Yes, the Sainsbury's blue tinned baked beans taste just as good as Heinz.
They all sound really delicious! Thank you for letting us know. We made homemade hummus a few weeks ago with some chickpeas. 😀👍
Runner beans or French beans
All beans are fab especially the ones I grow
I voted none because the bean I would add to a meal wasn’t listed. To a Spaghetti Bolognaise would be red kidney beans, to any other fish my choice would be Cannalini beans.
Thank you for letting us know. They sound really good for spaghetti dinners. Will have to try this soon.😀👍
Regret I voted none... Unfortunately, I do not like beans.
It’s okay. Not everyone likes everything. My mom doesn’t like lima beans, but I like them for side dishes and put in different types of meals. 😀👍
Sounds interesting. My husband loves playing with beans, but unfortunately, I do not like any.
It’s okay! What do you have when your husband eats beans?😀👍
Normally part of a salad, which is made separately.
What is your favorite type of salad?😀👍🥗
Feta cheese, lettuce, rhubarb, and carrots. Sometimes without the feta cheese.
Both ways sounds great.😀👍🥗
Also love adding broad beans and edamame and anything unusual from the garden like purple beans
Butterbeans , I love them
No, just as a casserole with sausages, a simple cassoulet.
I like beans, but because of GERDs I am not able to eat beans.
Butter beans
Borlotti Beans are my favourite closely followed with butter beans
That’s great! What do you have with both types of beans? 😀👍
I normally add them to my slow cooker when I’m making a casserole or curry. I also add them to my soup maker
Sounds good for all the above! When you do a casserole, please share a picture when it’s possible.😀👍
Cannellini beans and Butter beans
For me you can't beat the classic Baked Beans on toast it is nice and simple and quick when you feel you want to relax and chill out or feeling blue. But I must introduce more beans into my meals, you can never get enough of them.
Another great healthy eating survey. I'm glad to be a part of it.
Thank you for letting us know about the great idea for the baked beans, Lotus-Blossom . We have baked beans when we have burgers 🍔 sometimes.
We’re glad you are part of the group with us, too and you enjoy participating on the polls. We will have a new poll dealing with corn 🌽 after this weekend.😀👍
I'm glad you liked my post and thank you for mentioning me. Looking forward to your next poll on corn. 👍😀
You're welcome! The corn poll is going to be next weekend at the latest.
Bolotti.
What do you add with them?
I put them into a vegan bolognese or a casserole. I also add lentils for extra protein and fibre in meat dishes to spin out the ingredients.
