legumes

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We´ll have lentils today.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 3 Mar 21

I love lentils. I usually cook a kilo (about 2 pounds) at once in the pressure cooker and freeze them that way to fix them later when I thaw them. I had a big batch I made when Daniel, my grandson, was living with me. We did not...

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The second part of the lentils work.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 14 Oct 20

I now have to stop mylotting and go to the kitchen to dice and caramelize an onion, add garlic and spices for the lentils I´m making. I love lentils. They are my favorite legumes. It is early yet, but I prefer to have them...

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I am going to put some lentils to soak.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 13 Oct 20

Tomorrow I will have lentils for lunch. I always do then I have leftover rice as I know a delicious recipe that has cooked rice added to it at the end. The fridge is finally getting cleared. When Tania came for a visit, I gave...

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Lentils and beans in my freezer.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 3 Dec 19

Ever since I bought the deep freeze, I have used it to keep (and hoard) meat and sea products. I also have some frozen veggies, but not many. Now, with my grandson at home, all has changed. He told me that he ate "anything"....

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There´s a course on legumes on TV.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 20 Sep 18

I am very interested in the cooking channel this month. They are having a course on legumes that includes Indian and other Asian countries ways of preparing them. There are several legumes that I have only tasted in restaurants....

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Hubby Spilled the Beans

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 9 Feb 18

Literally! I spent a couple of hours today sorting, cleaning, and cooking lentils. I hate sorting through them and it seems to take forever to make sure there aren't any rocks or other foreign substances in two cups of lentils....

food preparation

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I prefer the pressure cooker for legumes.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 4 Jun 16

Today I tried to cook the garbanzos (chick peas) for the hummus in a normal pot. The recipe said that the garbanzos had to be very soft as they should be blended with tahine and other ingredients. I boiled and boiled and got...

cooking legumes

pressure cooker

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Paleo Diet - Is it good for health?

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 22 May 16

The Paleo Diet includes all vegetables, legumes, meat, roots, fruits, Nuts, etc., available for primitive paleolithic man. It does not include the processed foods, oils, sugars, coffee, tea, and dairy products., In short, paleo...

no dairy proucts

Yesterday I was inspired by a dish I saw online.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 11 Aug 11

I receive some mails from cooking sites and most of the time I put them away and forget to look again. But this time I was amazed by the beauty of a legume dish with veggies. I read the recipe and it wasn´t even difficult to make....

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How many times a week do you eat legumes?

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 9 Apr 10

I just read that legumes are a lot better to steady your blood sugar if you have diabetes II than whole grain meals. I do not make legumes often in spite of liking them. But I make them in the pressure cooker and I hate to wash...

blood sugar and eating

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What Is Your Favorite Bean?

granger1900 @granger1900 (125) • United States 19 Jul 07

Without even thinking about eating healthy, I realized that I like all kinds of beans which is really good because beans and legumes are very good for you. I love fresh sting beans from the garden. I also love soybeans, edamame,...

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beans

Abbypia @Abbyey (760) • Philippines 18 Apr 07

I love beans in "chili con carne", i love it baked with cheese, i enjoy it when its sweet like dessert "Jelly beans", i like it when its crushed into a soup. Do you like beans too? or something else? do share :)

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legumes: how do you consider them?

marina1981 @marina1981 (627) • Italy 1 Mar 07

do you consider them like contour, just like salad and tomatoes? or do you choose them as a single dish? hr in italy we often use them as contour but in real they must be considered as a substitute of meat, so a single dish. I...

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Ham Shank Broth and Cantabrian Soup

dhouston @dhouston (417) • United States 25 Jan 07

Copyright Dorine Houston 2007 It has not been this cold for a year. Our local weather forecasters are saying that temperatures are well below freezing, in the 20s F, and that when the wind chill is factored in, it feels like 0...

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