Dried beans need soaking for several hours before cooking, preferably overnight. Add a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda to speed things up. An even quicker method is to bring them to the boil in ...

I’ve befriended many different types along the way, and I’ve learned a lot about where each shines. Here are seven of my ...

(Psst: Check out Our Favorite Way to Cook Dried Beans in the recipe for Classic Baked Beans.) So does that mean we should all stockpile dried chickpeas, pintos and cannellini? Not so fast.

Cook up Potato and Bacon Hash with cheesy baked beans, roast Cannellini beans for a snack or make burgers out of black beans.

Soak dried kidney beans for at least eight hours before draining and rinsing the beans (discard the soaking water). To speed up the soaking process, add a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda to the ...

Dried beans are one of the cheapest sources of protein and there are hundreds of varieties. However, most of us are inclined to take the convenient way out and purchase them in cans. They’re ...

The onset of fall was all the excuse I needed to throttle up the dried bean express. I’ve prepared these three recipes seven times since, including this past weekend, so they’ve been ...

The iconic canned food has been a kitchen staple for generations, but there's still confusion over one thing - should they be ...