Are They Lima Beans or Butterbeans?
Are they Lima beans or butterbeans? In the United States, we primarily refer to the bean as a Lima or a butterbean. But it’s always up for debate! One thing is for sure, these aren’t the frozen green lima beans that you grew up with, rather they are the dry white beans with an almost […]
It’s Always a Good Time for Bean Soup!
There is nothing more satisfying than a great bowl of soup with crunchy bread when there is a chill in the air. Soup warms you from the inside out – and is a great comfort food. Soup made with beans is even better! It is not only delicious, nutritious, economical, full of flavor and fiber, […]
Meet Janice & Liz, the Meal Makeover Moms, our Featured Dietitians!
Liz Weiss, MS, RDN and Janice Newell Bissex, MS, RDN are registered dietitian nutritionists and the Meal Makeover Moms! Their mission is to help families eat better. Liz and Janice write the award-winning food blog, Meal Makeover Moms’ Kitchen, host Cooking with the Moms podcast, and they just released their newest book: THE SMOOTHIE BOWL […]
Meet Our Featured Dietitian, Karla Moreno
Native Californian Karla Moreno, M.D.A., R.D. is based in the beautiful university town of San Luis Obispo, California. Karla is a clinical and food service registered dietitian in skilled nursing facilities. She has extensive experience working with the elderly, on work site wellness, and in child nutrition programs. Q & A with Karla Why do […]
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 […]
Beans and Children’s Books, What’s not to love?
I will admit it here and now…I am a bibliophile. Webster’s definition of a bibliophile is “a person who loves or collects books.” This love started when I was about 6 years old and my brothers and I exchanged books at Christmas. The name of the book I received that year was, The Big Jump […]
Colcannon made with California Baby Limas
Traditional Irish dish colcannon made with potatoes, cabbage and baby lima beans.
February is for your heart health and beans!
When I think of February, I always think of hearts. Valentine’s Day is a big part of that, of course, but I also think of heart disease awareness and the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign. Heart disease isn’t just a man’s disease. Did you know that 1 in 3 women die from […]
It’s a Beaniful Christmas!
It’s a Beaniful Christmas! It doesn’t feel like Christmas until the music coming from my iPod is Bing Crosby’s White Christmas and every space on my kitchen counters are full of baking ingredients. When I was growing up my mother made a cake, pie or batch of cookies from scratch everyday. I learned to bake […]
Meet our student ambassador Mikaela Tosta
California Beans newest “bean team” member is student ambassador, Mikaela Tosta of Newman, California. She is an Animal Science major at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in California. Besides being a full time student Mikaela works as the swine unit manager and also in the beef unit. She is active in several clubs at Cal […]