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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Ode to Beans

I have been traveling to St. George every weekend for the last 3 weeks to go to nutritional cooking classes with my daughter. Ihave learned to cook beans. Ok, ok, I know. I really should know this stuff by now. But those of you who are familiar with me know that I am more artist than cook (yes, cooking is an art, just not MY art!) and anything in the kitchen is fair game for the studio (and much more likely to be used there than in the kitchen!).

Shelf Reliance carries a great variety of beans and grains! I have arranged my pantry to make it easier for me to make these a mainstay of our diet. This way I can see what I have at a glance (and it looks really cool!) As you can see I do still have round cans in my pantry and am thinking of moving it all to the canisters. I open a can and add it to the pantry. It looks so appetizing and it helps the artistic side of me to decide which beans to use for dinner!


My Actual Bean Pantry!

Beans are such a mainstay of life, but honestly, they have been a mystery to me. Until now. I really had no idea that such amazing health benefits could be had in the simple, yet complicated bean. Thank you Janet Hailstone for teaching me! A wonder in the kitchen Miss Janet is! And an even bigger wonder to be able to interest me in better living and yes, the 'art' of cooking. I am soaking two types of beans as I type and sprouting. Yahoo!!! It seemed so impossible but I LOVE IT! And since I have been cooking this way, I feel great!

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