- Eat your beans, no matter what that old saying says
July has National eat your beans day on the 3rd, but you should enjoy beans all summer long. Beans are delicious, even if they give you some extra air. You know, beans beans the magical fruit, the more you eat, the more you, well, toot.
Ham and Bean Soup
It’s summer but that doesn’t mean soup and salad aren’t perfect for your dinner menu. Add chunks of honey ham and great northern beans to a pot along with vegetable broth and your favorite veggies. This soup is warm and delicious with a sweet ham and beans that pair perfectly.
Baked Beans
Baked beans are a must have side for any summer meal anyhow and go perfect with anything at a barbeque. The rich sauce with the hearty beans and maybe onion and bacon are just delicious and one of the best ways to eat your beans.
Loaded Beans
This beans recipe is hands down the most delicious and filling way to eat your beans. You take northern beans and baked beans. Add cooked hamburger, onion, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, Worcestershire and cook low and slow in a crockpot for 4 hours. This can be an awesome side or you can eat it as your whole meal. What do you think of these loaded beans?
Three Bean Salad
With this recipe, you can eat your beans cold in this yummy salad. Add cannellini, kidney, garbanzo beans to red diced onion, celery and rosemary. Combine a sauce using apple cider vinegar, white sugar, extra virgin olive oil, salt and black pepper, stir and pour over your bean salad. Let meld together and chill in the refrigerator.
Taco Bean Dip
Using refried beans for the bottom layer, add seasoned, cooked taco meat, shredded cheese, tomatoes, sour cream, and jalapenos for some spice. Enjoy this dip with tortilla chips or halved sweet peppers.
Chili with Beans
There’s something delicious and different about chili sans beans but the same can be said about chili with beans. With ground beef add your tomato base, a couple cans of kidney beans, chopped cayenne peppers, garlic, onions and chili seasoning. Eat your beans with this bean-filled chili, cornbread and salad.
Chili with Beans, Cheddar and Cream Cheese Dip
Layer the bottom of a glass pyrex dish with 8oz of cream cheese, a can of chili with beans and as much shredded cheddar as you like. From there, place your dish in the oven, uncovered, and baked until the ingredients are warmed and the cheese begins to melt and brown. This dip tastes great with tortilla chips, Wheat Thins, sliced pita bread and even pretzels.
Baked Beans with Grilled Hotdogs
If this isn’t the easiest way to eat your beans and get your dinner together, then nothing is. Just take your favorite baked beans, Bush’s original for me, and add your hotdogs. The cheese filled ones are delicious in this dish and so are the all-beef. It’s fun to slice them down the long way and then into half moons and fry them on the stove or even throw them in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Do you like this meal?
Corn and Black Bean Salsa
This is as easy as buying this salsa and adding additional corn and rinsed black beans. Doing this gives you all the flavor of the salsa with extra hardiness of the added corn and black beans. This salsa is amazing over tacos, with tortilla chips or as a sauce over chicken. So easy and so good!
Black Beans and Rice
Also easy and delicious, black beans and rice are great as a side but could also be the perfect base for dinners like salsa chicken, taco meat or even a delicious steak. For black beans and rice, rinse your rice and beans and add to a pan with spices like onion, garlic, salt, pepper, paprika, and use broth as your water for more flavor. Simmer until all the liquid is absorbed, remove from the heat and fluff with a fork before serving.
What do you think of these ways to eat your beans? Are there any delicious dishes I missed?
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