(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best dried beans

Sure. This stuff is supposed to help the flavor of lentils and help digestion. Heat in ghee and fry beans in it for a minute.

I've bought split pea 4lbs $15.

garbanzo Takes a long time to cook to soft. Pressure cooker?

I bought some brown lentils, but they weren't split, and still had the shell. Little more chewy than I like.

These were a very good no soak substitute for navy beans. Bit pricey.

I tried these in chili and they were good. No soak. Small, sweeter than kidney. Fast cook.



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I've been using chili and white chili kits from the grocery store, a pound of beans, a bit of chicken for meat, diced tomato, onion, peppers, and any other vegies I want to use up.

Have you ever tried eggplant powder? This was a treatment we used when I was a kid. I've never heard of anyone else that's ever even tried it, but my friends that tried it still talk about it like it was magic. It was a dark powder that you just dab a wet finger in the powder and then dab it onto the canker sore. It stings for the first bit, but it takes care of the canker sore in no time. I stopped getting them altogether, so I don't even know where you'd source that kind of powder. I tried to look it up on amazon to see if there was any user reviews for the use of canker sores, but couldn't even find any kind of similar product.

Edit: Found this that says to use charred eggplant powder.

Edit 2: Might've been this stuff. The salt would explain the stinging. "EDEN Dentie Toothpowder is made in Japan from only the calyx (stem) of Japanese eggplant and sea salt. The eggplant is first cleaned, the calyx and a bit of the vegetable is sliced away, then pickled with sea salt for a few weeks. When finished pickling, the eggplant is dry roasted until it is like charcoal. The charred eggplant is then ground to a fine powder, allowed to cool and packed."

Maybe don't shop exclusively at Whole Foods if you're concerned about price? Hell, you can live off of healthy food mostly from Amazon. Start with rice: $24 for 25 days worth of food @ 1600 kCal a day. Add in dried beans - high fiber and quite tasty, for about $2 per pound.. Add frozen vegetables from your local store - and in NYC, that's not difficult at all, thanks to awesome public transportation - and you're eating healthy on way less than $40 per week.

I love red beans and rice :D It's possibly one of my favorite dishes!

• 1 cup red beans ((like these)[http://www.amazon.com/Bobs-Red-Mill-Beans-27-Ounce/dp/B004VLVJA4/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1457800497&sr=8-1&keywords=red+beans])
  
• 2 cups water
  
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
• 1 clove garlic, chopped (about 1/2-1 tsp)
  
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Cajun seasoning ((like this)[http://www.amazon.com/Louisiana-Fish-Fry-Cajun-Seasoning/dp/B00AJZLEKG/ref=sr_1_7_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1457800629&sr=8-7&keywords=cajun+seasoning])
  
• 1/2 medium onion, minced (a bit under a cup)
  
• 1/2 medium bell pepper (any color), diced (1/2 cup)
  
• 1 Tbsp oil
  
• Corn starch or potato starch, to thicken the sauce (optional)
  
• Some type of sausage, like andouille (optional), sliced, or some other cooked meat
  
• Rice, to serve it with
  
  

1. Rinse and soak the beans overnight. Drain.
   
2. Add oil to the pan, and saute vegetables until softened. Add beans, water, and seasonings to the pan.
   
3. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce to a simmer. Let simmer for at least a couple of hours (can also be done in a pressure cooker), until beans are thoroughly cooked through.
   
4. Either mash some of the bean mixture or mix about a Tbsp of the starch with cold water and add to the beans, to thicken the sauce.
   
5. Add meat (if using), and let it warm through. Serve over freshly cooked rice (top with butter, if you so desire).

As far as beans go, you could get some dehydrated beans like these from fantastic foods which just require hot water to reconstitute! (plus they are pretty delish with chips or tortillas!)

Yes, you should be using the normal red bean, which are smaller than kidneys. About the size of a pinto or black bean. The skin on Kidney beans are super thick, which make them unappetizing in large quantities.

Basically these, not these.

Zatanain's red beans and rice is vegan, dehydrated, flavorful and filling.

You could also get something like bulk soy curls, also dehydrated, very lightweight and very good. Just add to hot water and season, they are good in just about anything. I bet if you were interested in trying you could make a good jerky at home with them to bring, it would be cheaper than a ton of packaged Primal Jerkys. Obvoiusly you don't need 12 pounds, but here is the product:

https://www.amazon.com/Butler-Soy-Curls-lb-Bulk/dp/B007Z8S60Q?th=1

The recipe is super ambiguous isn't it? I live near a few Asian grocery stores so I just wandered through them until I found something that seemed like it would work.

The beans I got were labelled (by the store) "Preserved sweet red beans", the packaging was Chinese and had some dessert pictures on it. They we pre-cooked, sweetened (ingredients were beans, sugar and water) and came in a vacuum sealed bag, I didn't need to soak them. This recipe looks like it might do for making them. I've had a look and I can't find the actual one I bought, but I think this seems to be the same sort of thing in a can. Either way drain before using.

Super simple~

First start with these.

On the can there is actually a recipe for the rice seasoning and instructions. It's basically rice vinegar and sugar. Aside from that, steam your rice and then add the seasoning, stuff the inari and you're done! Also, the recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of rice. I actually used more like 2 cups but it really doesn't hurt to have some extra rice.

Buy an instapot pressure cooker and get some dried beans of all varieties. Pair the beans with rice and you have a complete protein! I am in romantic love with my pressure cooker. I'd recommend making chili in it right off the bat. (You'll need diced tomatoes, beans, onion, chipotle peppers and chili or taco seasoning. Split pea soup is also stupid easy and very affordable.


You can also get a seed sprouter and the seeds for it for some produce in your diet. I also like sprouting mungbeans. And it's getting a little late in the season to plant I think but consider starting a tomato plant.

I get beans in boxes, don't know if it's actually safer but hope so.
https://www.amazon.com/Jacks-Quality-Bean-Black-Sodium/dp/B01FRQPZ3I

365 Everyday Value, Organic Refried Pinto Beans, Fat Free, 16 oz
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074MFQH34/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_gLE0DbC4FHNF3

Mapo Tofu - an authentic Szechuan Chinese dish. Hot and delicious AF! Recipe can be made without the minced beef/pork. Only issue some may have is to order Doubanjiang, Douchi, and Szechuan peppercorn. They are really must-haves for this.

Soymerica Non-GMO Black Soybeans - 7 Lbs (Newest Crop). Identity Preserved (IP). Great for Soy Milk and Tofu. 100% Product of USA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R8HQ3RP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Jk5xDbBGM52T0

This is by all means not a super healthy option or one that you should have all the time, but Vigo Red Beans and Rice are vegan and have a smoky, "meaty" like flavor. We do them a few times a month, especially in the winter, and even my non-veg husband gets cravings for them. We started ordering them on Amazon.

Vigo

Do you have a kitchen and freezer?

Rice (Basmati, Jasmine, Calrose) and beans (black, pinto, kidney). If you can buy in bulk you will save a lot.

If you have a slow cooker (garage sale/goodwill) beans become really easy and you can store them in the fridge for a week and heat them in the microwave. The bean broth can be used to cook rice or to make soups.

All kinds of lentils (I'm just learning how to cook these).

Frozen vegetables in bulk.

Have a good look at Indian cuisine. There are really good deals on the necessary spices on Amazon, look up SpiceIsland.

I'm a huge fan of dehydrated refried beans Fantastic Foods sells them in bulk and they are pretty good butthey are already seasoned. My favorite are the ones from The Santa Fe Bean Company. Sometimes they ahve them in bulk.

I'm not a vegetarian, but meat is expensive, and meat that isn't expensive is usually loaded with bad shit.

You can add chicken to beans and rice or lentils when you have it.

On top of the rice, you can also add beans or lentils to get complete proteins:

https://smile.amazon.com/Goya-Dry-Pinto-Beans-Ounces/dp/B003T0BU3E/ref=sr_1_4_a_f_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1497890846&sr=8-4&ppw=fresh
https://smile.amazon.com/Goya-Dry-Lentils-16-oz/dp/B0000DIF38/ref=sr_1_2_a_f_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1497890934&sr=8-2&ppw=fresh

Soy Curls

It's called inari. You can find them at your local Asian grocery or on amazon Shirakiku Inarizushi No Moto 10z https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B446GE0?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf