Meet our Featured Dietitian Kristina LaRue!
Kristina LaRue, RD, CSSD, loves when her clients add beans to their diet because of the great fiber content in beans. In fact, without eating beans, she cautions that it is hard to incorporate adequate fiber into the diet. Kristina is a sports dietitian who has worked for the Orlando Magic and the University of […]
It’s Bean Appetizer Time!
Easter is in a few days; Mother’s Day and Graduation parties are just around the corner, so why not check out our recipe library for delicious dips and appetizers that will surely impress your family and friends? No need to settle for the regular bean dips and chips when there are so many options including […]
Shrimp and Red Beans Creole
Cooking with California Dry Beans is an oldie but goodie cookbook. Unfortunately, it is no longer in print, but I have made it my mission to cook and share the recipes from this unique little book. It was first published sometime in the 1990’s, and packed with “some tried-and-true,” old fashioned bean recipes as well […]
Meet our Featured Dietitian Stephanie McKercher
Stephanie McKercher is on a mission to end calorie counting. Instead, this food lover and registered dietitian from Denver, Colorado, believes in eating mindfully, cooking, enjoying produce straight from the market, and incorporating whole foods such as beans, vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, and seeds. She encourages her clients to eat beans because they are […]
To Soak or Not to Soak…That is the Question.
Dry beans…do you soak them and if so, a hot soak or a cold soak? People often ask whether beans can be cooked without soaking first. I’ve been reading a few articles on the subject and thought I would put the theory to the test. I decided to test three different varieties of dry beans: […]
Meet our Featured Food Bloggers Melissa & Marcus King of My Whole Food Life!
Melissa and Marcus King are the cooking and creative duo behind My Whole Food Life website. Melissa is the creator, photographer and primary writer for the website and Marcus creates a lot of the savory dishes for My Whole Food Life and manages the site. Their passion is creating homemade healthy versions of unhealthy food […]
Meet our Featured Chef and Dietitian Abbie Gellman!
Abbie Gellman loves beans so much that she even incorporates them at least twice a week in the breakfasts she prepares for her family! After having spent time on Wall Street where she worked in hospitality, food and beverage consulting and equity research, she decided to pursue her passion and return to school for a […]
Meet our Featured Dietitian Serena Ball!
Serena Ball, co-creator of the website The Recipe ReDux, a registered dietitian and health blogger community, likes the new and trendy way to use the bean brine from garbanzos called aguafaba. Cooking with aguafaba is about the most fun she has had in the kitchen in a long time! (For more info on aguafaba read […]
Oh How I love Black-Eyed Peas
Guest writer Jill Nussinow,MS, RD is The Veggie Queen and served as a guest blogger, expressing her love for black-eyed peas and her pressure cooking methods! I can’t recall exactly when I first heard about eating black-eyed peas for good luck in the new year but think that it was when I lived in South […]
Bean Tarts!
Queijadas de feijão or bean tarts are a delicious custard tart commonly found in the Azores Islands and Portugal. Our Bean Sack blogger, Marilyn, has this recipe on her website, The Basque Wife, and she is sharing it with California Beans! Queijadas de Feijão Bean Tarts adapted from Food of the Azores Islands by Deolinda […]