Meet Lindsay, Our Featured Dietitian!

Lindsay Livingston is a full-time mom and a registered dietitian from Columbus, Ohio. She believes healthy eating doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive — and beans fit perfectly with her philosophy. Lindsay’s website, The Lean Green Bean, has delicious, easy recipes for your whole family to enjoy. She has found that beans aren’t just […]
Bean Tarts!

Queijadas de feijão or bean tarts are a delicious custard tart commonly found in the Azores Islands and Portugal. Our Bean Sack blogger, Marilyn, has this recipe on her website, The Basque Wife, and she is sharing it with California Beans! Queijadas de Feijão Bean Tarts adapted from Food of the Azores Islands by Deolinda […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fish and Beans: A Great Combination
Have you ever tried serving beans with fish? It’s an amazing combination, and one that a lot of people don’t usually think about. I made cod and chorizo with white beans and potato puree recently. I was trying to think of a way to use the leftover bean and potato puree after making this recipe, […]
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 […]
It’s Pumpkin Bean Muffin Time!
I cannot lie. I love food made with pumpkin! Pumpkin pie is absolutely my favorite kind of pie, but anything baked with pumpkin gets two thumbs up from me. I always buy the big can of Libby pumpkin in the store so I can make a couple of different recipes this time of year. I […]
Mother’s Day Breakfast in Bed – Don’t Forget the Beans!

Mother’s Day celebrations can be traced back to the Greeks and Romans, who held festivals to honor and pay homage to the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele. These festivals were held in the springtime, which symbolized rebirth and the fertility of the land and lasted several days with dancing, parades and games. In the United […]
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 […]
Brown Bagging it with Beans!
Brown Bag Lunch with Beans