California Beans Facebook Giveaway!
How are you eating your summertime beans? Enter to win a $200 Amazon gift card! The rules to enter this giveaway are as follows: Click on the Enter to Win tab on our Facebook page. Fill out the form and answer the question, “How are you eating your summertime beans?” In salads, baked, slow cooked…we […]
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 […]
Meet our Featured Chef Ryan André!
Dry beans are what Chef Ryan André grew up eating in his home state of Louisiana. Chef Ryan, corporate chef for City Pork Hospitality in Baton Rouge, has carved a name for himself as one of the top 10 best-known chefs in Louisiana. Food, family, and faith are what drive this young chef as he […]
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 […]
Bean Pot Stickers
Last week I was watching “Martha Bakes” on the PBS Create channel and I learned something about myself — one of my favorite kitchen habits has a fancy name! Mise en place is French for “everything in its place.” When I am about to create something to eat, I place all the ingredients on the […]
Meet Akhil Shah of Chutney Chefs
Did you know that traditional Indian food uses garbanzo beans, black-eyed peas, kidney beans and garbanzo bean flour in most dishes – and with all variety type of dishes? Although Akhil Shah isn’t a chef, he founded Chutney Chefs, an Indian cuisine gourmet meal delivery service based in Plainfield, New Jersey. His five talented chefs […]
Bean Treats For Your Four-Legged Friends!
My dog, Toby, has been my shadow since he was 12 weeks old. Toby celebrated his ninth birthday in March and is as healthy and happy as he was when he was a pup. For nine years he has given me unconditional love and companionship, been my co-pilot on long road trips, and served as […]
Featured Chef Ari Weiswasser of Glen Ellen Star
Chef Ari Weiswasser and his wife Erinn Benzinger-Weiswasser opened their restaurant Glenn Ellen Star in the small town of Glen Ellen nestled in the Sonoma Valley wine region of California. Ari has worked at the New York Restaurant Daniel, Picholine and Paul Liebrandt’s restaurant Corton, where he served as Chef de Cuisine. After moving to […]
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 […]
Blackeyed Peas are Good Luck and Good for You!
This New Year found me seeking out tried-and-true recipes from the circa-1990 Cooking with California Dry Beans Cookbook. Eating blackeyed peas is a Southern New Year’s Day tradition that is supposed to grant you prosperity during the coming year. The Jewish New Year doesn’t start until October, but blackeyes are eaten at Rosh Hashana for […]