What kind of beans are your favorite?
Posted by LadyDragonfly1 on Sep 04, 2007 · Member since Feb 2003 · 600 posts
I know, I KNOW Dragonfly is on this I LOVE BEANS things and is waxing all poetic about them and eating them twice a day.
I am off on garbanzos. I love dark red kidney beans and have gotten into white kidney beans (aka cannelini).
I have red and yellow heirloom tomatoes ripe and perfect. I am thinking chopped tomatoes in 2 colors and cannelini beans with some fresh basil. mmmm
I think the better question is what beans DON'T I like. And the answer would be pinto. Bleck.
If I had to choose though, I'd say black beans. Always a great sub in Mexican food, and I use them to make PiP's Awesome Loaf.
Do green beans count? Because those are my absolute fave. I like eating them raw as snacks.
I also love all beans. My childhood makes me want to say kidney and garbanzo beans because that it what we ate in my Puerto Rican Mom's kitchen all the time. THere was always a pot of red beans and rice on the stove and garbanzo beans in every soup dish. But I have recently fallen in love with black beans and eat them often now. I love making hummus with black beans and there is usually a bean dish in my fridge with black beans as the main bean. Too many beans, not enough time! I love them all! Lentils are fast becoming another favorite! Green or red, Lentils are easy to cook and delicious.
Jeanette
I love chickpeas and lentils. I HATE lima beans (Do those count as a bean? aren't they awfully starchy?)
mmm cannelloni beans and chickpeas the BEST...but I also love all beans, they are soo good how can you really pick :-\
I like the beans of the night! The dark beans! The beans that go bump (or is that "toot"?) in the night!
Black Beans, babies.
I love chickpeas and lentils. I HATE lima beans (Do those count as a bean? aren't they awfully starchy?)
I freaking love lima beans! Methinks they are some type of butter bean...
chickpeas
black beans
I love chickpeas and lentils. I HATE lima beans (Do those count as a bean? aren't they awfully starchy?)
I freaking love lima beans! Methinks they are some type of butter bean...
Baby limas! yummy. Don't know if they are my favorite, but I do love 'em!
I could probably live off of black beans. Yum! I do also like the dark red kidney beans though. They are hearty and delicious and make me happy as can be!
Chickpeas are a perennial favorite.
Lentils? Those count, right?
I love ALL also. My favs are black and great northern.
I love just about all beans. Red, white and pink kidney. Black beans. Garbanzos. Don't overlook black eyed peas. They are excellent in a cold salad with finely chopped raw onion, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
I've got to agree with feelinsoreal, it's easier to pick a non-favorite than a favorite. I'm not a big fan of either fava beans or lima beans. I probably use black beans and pinto beans the most....I do a lot of Mexican. I went and looked in my cupboard and I have black beans (canned and dry), pinto beans (canned and dry), great northern beans (canned and dry), lentils (canned and dry), black-eyed peas (canned), garbanzo beans (canned), red kidney beans (canned) and Anasazi beans (dry) and green beans (canned)......toot toot!! ;D
Black beans. They are sooo good...and they make the best hummus! I discover I prefer black bean hummus to garbanzo.
They don't sell blackeyed peas here anymore because Spanish women think the black spot means they're spoiled.
Bummer.
Appropriate. Mostly.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha....."my own little cloud"!!! http://bestsmileys.com/rude/20.gif
Mmmmm. Beans.
I never met a bean I didn't like! ;D
OMG!!!!!! BLACK BEAN HUMMUS????? Who'd a thunk it I didn't. Grab me the brown rice cakes I am going for a pig out.
I can't wait to try this.
EVERYONE LOVES CHICKPEAS!!
hee hee. i feel so loved. ;)
beans are amazing.
my order:
1. black beans
2. garbanzo
3. lima
4. black eyed
5. butter
6. edamame
7. kidney
8. lentil
9. white bean
10. pinto
cannellini for a tomato based soup
Second probably lentils. I think lentil soup is pretty good.
I'm on a total pinto bean kick--but really I love them all!
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