I recently had a request for information about beans. I think actually it was more a request about how to cook dried beans than these sorts of facts! For details on soaking beans check out this recipe for refried beans. In the meantime let your mind be titillated with these bizarre bits about beans.
Legume family:Fabaceae (or Leguminosae). The third largest family among the flowering plants (after the orchid and daisy families), and second most important to the human diet, after the grasses.
On the evening of August 20th 2009, I took my 20 minute walk, laden with water for my garden. It was the night of the black moon but I was happy loping down the hill the my little bit of greenspace. When I arrived and realized the garden had been mowed to the ground I was in such a state of shock, I ...
Bright colored full sense learning experience! Watching mung bean sprouts grow and then transforming them with the help of some friendly bacteria to create an edible and healthy side dish is fun for the whole family. Mikko loved the pickled sprouts as an addition to rice and curry, after the ...
These nutrient packed powerhouses are made even more exciting by the bright pink color the beets create. I used to make these all the time for my x-husband, who was Burmese and didn't feel like he had a proper meal if he didn't have some kind of fermented food added. Pickled bean sprouts were one of ...
Previous We had a serious attack of spider mites. They started in the catnip and yarrow and somehow got to the choko and beans. They took the choko down in no time, fortunately it is a hardy plant and it has now grown back to where it was when the spider mites devoured it. This was my first re ...
Next
It was a long cold winter this year and many plants were killed by the ton of snow Vancouver got. Luckily we have a spare room that does quite well as a greenhouse in the spring. I ordered some of my favorite plants from my favorite seed companies, in fact I even became a member of the Hudson ...
Serves 4 1 c red lentils
1 small onion, sliced
3-4 cloves garlic, sliced
½ t turmeric
1 T oil
4-5 c chicken broth or water
salt or fish sauce to taste
black pepper Method:
Put ingredients in a pot and simmer until the lentils are very soft. If using fish sauce add the fis ...
In Myanmar this salad is usually made with star-beans* or snake-beans and is another of their famous hand-tossed salads. Serves 4 500g (1lb) star beans or green beans
1 small onion, sliced very thin and rinsed under cold water
1 T sesame seeds, toasted
1 T garlic and turmeric oil
1 ...
I recently had a request for information about beans. I think actually it was more a request about how to cook dried beans than these sorts of facts! For details on soaking beans check out this recipe for refried beans. In the meantime let your mind be titillated with these bizarre bits about beans.
