Tag: beans

Meet our Featured Dietitian Heather Mason!

Heather Mason is a Registered Dietitian who holds a Masters Degree in Nutritional Science. She currently works at Sierra Vista Medical Clinic in Simi Valley, California, where she counsels adults and children with diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. She has a passion for blogging and delivering her healthy eating messages in a fun and humorous […]

Meet our Featured Chef Mohini Singh

Chef Mohini Singh cooked her first meal at the age of 7. It was in her native Fiji, outside on an open fire under a mango tree, and she prepared a blackeyed pea curry with tomatoes, cilantro, roti, an Indian flat bread, and lots of love. She inherited her love of cooking from her mother, […]

Meet our Featured Dietitian Sharon Palmer!

Sharon has created an award-winning profession based on combining her two great loves–food and writing. As a registered dietitian with 16 years of health care experience, she channels her nutrition experience into writing features covering health, wellness, nutrition, and cuisine. Sharon is also a passionate writer about food and environmental issues, having published a number […]

Beans in Your Christmas Baking!

December will find me in my kitchen with every available space on the table and counters filled with baking ingredients and cooling cookies. Giving baked goods has been a tradition of mine ever since I can remember. I love to see the delight on people’s faces when you give them something homemade! I make candy […]

Announcement: Celebrating the Year of the Pulse!

Announcement: Celebrating the Year of the Pulse with a BANG in January! The California Dry Bean Advisory Board is proud to announce our sponsorship of the West Coast Launch, taking place Saturday January 23-Monday January 25, 2016 at the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, California! We are excited to support the American Pulse […]

Featured Chef Leroy Walker of Bistro 234

Chef Leroy Walker of Bistro 234 in Turlock, California, signed up for a home economics cooking class as a way to get an easy grade in 8th grade. After noticing he was the only boy in a class of 26, he inevitably took home economics again his freshman year at Turlock High School. But something […]

Mominate your favorite mommy blogger!

We’ve teamed up with EZ Bean to give away two EZ Bean Cookers (value $109.98) and two $100 Amazon gift cards! All you have to do is “mominate” your favorite mommy blogger for a chance for each of you to win a bean cooker and $100 Amazon gift card. To enter the contest just like […]

Beans for Breakfast? Yes, Please!

Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? If eating breakfast helps you maintain a healthy weight by making you feel full for the day, then yes! The fiber and protein in beans will help you stay satisfied until lunch. Breakfast is especially important for school-age children because it provides them with the energy […]

Dehydrating beans…try it!

Last month I introduced you to Dutch oven cooking for camping — and now we’re going to go one step further: dehydrating for backpacking or food storage. I’m a strong believer in keeping your pantry stocked for natural disasters. This chili recipe, which uses cranberry beans, is excellent to have on hand because it takes […]