Meet Our Featured Dietitian Sara Haas!

  Sara Haas is no stranger to the culinary arts, working as a freelance writer, recipe developer and consultant dietitian and chef. As a true jack-of-all-trades, Sara not only spends time in the kitchen but also juggles life as a mom and infertility advocate. If that wasn’t enough, she was given the opportunity to be […]

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 […]

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 Alexandra Caspero!

Alexandra believes that beans are one of the healthiest foods! As the owner of Delish Knowledge, her goal is to make healthier eating simple and accessible. Alexandra is a registered dietitian, yoga teacher, and vegetable lover. She specializes in plant-based diets (beans!), weight management and sports nutrition. She recommends beans to her clients because they […]

Meet Our Featured Dietitians…The Nutrition Twins!

Tammy Lakatos Shames and Lyssie Lakatos, “The Nutrition Twins®,” love beans so much that they can’t choose their favorite variety! In their practice as registered dietitians and personal trainers, they encourage clients to incorporate beans into their diets as a of versatile and economical source of plant-based protein. They also love that beans contain fiber, […]

Try Some Beans For Breakfast!

Beans for breakfast? What a great way to start your day by making one of these delicious breakfasts. Not only are beans filling, but eating beans will help you avoid the mid-morning slump. Kids home for summer vacation? These breakfasts are easy, nutritious and will give the kiddos energy for all those summer activities! You […]

We’ve teamed up with Bush’s® Beans to giveaway $250 in coupons and racing gear!

Love Sprint Cup Racing and beans?  Then we have a contest for you!  California Beans has teamed up with Bush’s® for our Bean-A-Licious recipe contest.  You have a choice of five…count them five…wonderful Bush’s® bean recipes to choose from for a chance to win $250 in Bush’s® coupons and racing gear from JTG Daughterty pro […]

Barbeque and Beans

Barbeque and Beans My dad loved to barbeque. His specialty was lamb, although he would sometimes cook chicken. He never was in the kitchen to cook except to make his marinade. He would take out his cutting board and cleaver and make fast work mincing garlic, parsley and rosemary as the base for his marinade. […]