legumes

Recipe: Buttermilk Bean Waffles

November 28, 2011
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I’m doing my part to make beans hip and cool. I even I walked through downtown Toronto clutching a clear plastic bag brimming with the four pounds of brightly coloured lentils, legumes and beans picture above. No one laughed. No one pointed at me. And if I may say so, I think the odd fashionista [...]

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How to Cook Dried Beans

March 11, 2010
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Last month, I looked at how to debone a chicken as a faster-than-you’d-think way to save money and reduce salt in your diet. This month, the money-saving, salt-smashing culinary technique deals with dried beans and legumes. And no, the kitchen reno hasn’t made me lose all sense of proportion. The biggest objection I hear about [...]

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