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 […]
Meet our Featured Food Blogger, Holly!
Type in the word “beans” on Holly Nilsson’s website, Spend With Pennies, and you will find pages of recipes using all varieties of beans! Holly is a mother of four almost-grown children, a wife, blogger, recipe creator, photographer and force behind the website. Browse through Spend With Pennies and you’ll quickly conclude cooking is her […]
Kidney Beans: Three Versatile and Delicious Recipes
Native to Central America and Mexico, these little kidney-shaped beans are a wonderful source of protein and fiber. Several beans are a rich maroon color and have a meaty flavor, which makes them perfect for salads and soups. This popular variety is found almost exclusively in cans. Light red kidney beans are similar in size […]
Meet Meggan Hill of Culinary Hill!
Meggan Hill, a native of Wisconsin, is the creator of the blog Culinary Hill. Meggan believes food is love, and there is nothing more she loves to do than spread the love by cooking for her family and friends. She has an interesting modern take on traditional Midwestern food, the kind of comfort food that […]
Meet our Featured Dietitian Deborah Murphy!
Purchasing dried beans in bulk and cooking a big pot of them each weekend assures that Deborah Murphy and her fellow dietitian husband, Will, have a good source of plant-based protein already prepared for salads and other meals throughout the week. Choosing different varieties of beans to cook keeps them from getting bored. Deborah is […]
Beans and Lamb Are a Great Combination!
Do you love eating lamb but not sure how to prepare it? I recently cleaned out my freezer and came across a leg of lamb that was a few years old. Instead of roasting it like I usually do I decided to cut it into cubes and strips for three different meals. I found two […]
Meet Allie & Dan of Love and Risotto!
Newlyweds Allie and Dan love to relax after work by creating and cooking delicious dishes together and sharing them on their blog Love and Risotto. Allie is a farmer’s daughter. In fact, she’s a BEAN farmer’s daughter! Her dad, Dave Richter grows beans in Knights Landing in Yolo County. Dave also serves on the California […]
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 […]
Meet our Featured Food Blogger Jackie Garvin!
Meet our Featured Food Blogger Jackie Garvin of Syrup and Biscuits! A Southern gal through and through Jackie Garvin of Syrup and Biscuits invites you into her website with as much hospitality as I can imagine she would welcome you into her home. Part of Southern culture is gracious hospitality, lovely manners and great food […]
Soups On…Bean Soup That Is!
The New Year has hit most of the country with weather that has us longing for some comfort food. Soup has always been a comfort food for me, whether it’s chicken soup when you have a cold or a hearty bean soup to warm you up, it’s always a good time for soup! In the […]