Meet our Featured Food Blogger, Rebecca!

Rebecca Hubbell’s website Sugar and Soul is geared toward inspiring millennial women, but all ages will love this website — especially if you like to cook and travel! “We aim to inspire our readers to live exciting and happy lives with delicious recipes, entertainment ideas, and first-hand travel experiences,” Rebecca says. Rebecca is based in […]
Eat Black-Eye Peas for Good Luck All Year Long!

These little one-eyed wonders are known by different names: black-eye peas, beans, or cowpeas. Whatever you call them in your neck of the woods, and however you fix them, they are delicious! Eating black-eye peas is a Southern New Year’s Day tradition that is supposed to grant you prosperity during the coming year; however, eating […]
California Beans Winter Giveaway!

Winter Giveaway Time! What’s Your Favorite Way to Eat Beans? Enter to win a free $400 Amazon gift card from California Beans. It’s easy! Just head to our Facebook page, follow the arrow on our cover photo to the Sign Up button, click and choose what way you like to eat beans! Please share this […]
Meet our Featured Dietitian Mary Parsons!

Mary Parsons of Flavorrd is a food enthusiast and registered dietitian. Biology was her field of choice in college, but her experiments in the kitchen led her to combine her love of science and food in a master’s degree in nutrition. This Florida native is now living in San Diego and working for Healthy Dining […]
Meet our Featured Food Blogger Alyssa!

Alyssa Brantley develops delicious recipes that are easy to master. Not only is her website, Everyday Maven, filled with amazing dishes, but she has conveniently categorized them so you can find exactly what you need — beans, diet, points, dairy free, gluten free, grain free, nut free, and more! Each dish is coded with little […]
Baking with beans isn’t weird!

Does baking with beans sound weird to you? What if I told you that you can cut the fat and up the nutritional value of your baked goods without sacrificing flavor? It’s easy to do: Just substitute pureed beans in a 1:1 ratio. Still aren’t sure about this new trick? You can get started by […]
Meet our Featured Food Blogger Jaclyn Bell!

If you’re looking for recipes to inspire your breakfasts, dinners, and beyond, you must bookmark the Cooking Classy site! Jaclyn Bell is a young wife and mother who started her blog to share her love of good food and to perfect her photography and writing skills. This self-taught cook and photographer loves comfort food such […]
Meet our Featured Dietitian Anne Mauney!

Anne Mauney is a registered dietitian, creator of the blog Fannetastic Food, a marathoner, yogi, lover of the outdoors, and a healthy recipe creator. She has a private nutrition practice in Northern Virginia just outside of Washington, D.C., and does virtual counseling by phone — and you can be sure beans are part of the […]
Do You Know Your White Beans?

Navy, Great Northern and cannellini beans are often confused for each other — but luckily, no matter which bean you choose, you’ll wind up with a tasty dish! These white bean varieties can be interchanged in recipes. Here’s a quick guide. Great Northern beans are twice the size of navy beans and have a mild […]
Meet our Featured Food Blogger Alyssa Rimmer!

Alyssa Rimmer started her blog, ©Simply Quinoa, to share her love of healthy cooking and — of course — quinoa. It has become so much more than just a blog; it has become a community of like-minded people who suffer from food allergies and sensitivities or just want to eat healthier. Her recipes are superfood […]