beans tag
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Vanilla Beans......how long do they last?? I have a container full of vanilla beans I've had for a while, like a few years!! How long do they last?, they still look and smell great and are soft, would be a shame to throw them out but I'm just not getting threw them |
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Red Kidney beans.. My mother had to get a food parcel as things are grim this week. And we got a tin of red kidney beans which we never have had. What it taste like and what do you do with it. I am thinking of using it to bolster mince to make the mince go further.. |
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Baked Beans pie idea Not bad. I wouldn'tuse chicken but you could use anything couldn't you for the bottom http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexcrawford/3404217281/ |
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Green beans lease how do you freeze green beans. i was given quite a lot and need to freeze them Thanks |
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Freezing homegrown beans I have found that when I freeze beans from the garden they don't taste like fresh ones ( to be expected) nor do they taste like frozen from supermarket.When I cook them I throw them into boiling water bring back to boil and after a couple of minutes drain... |
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Butter beans instead of Cannelini beans in bean salad? Will this be ok - silly supermarket had NO cannelini beans!! Thanks in advance :-) |
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Best way to get beans back into a bean bag help i brought a 2nd hand bean bag(pretty much new) got all the beans out with out much of a mess but whats the best way to get them back in, they are in two big rubbish bags at the moment, someone must have the best idea |
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Easy meals with baked beans i have heard of a baked bean lasgana. . but have no cheese or butter for the sauce anyone have a easy sauce recipe? ? thank you |
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Edamame (soy beans) Anyone know where you can get these from? HAd them at Yahtai in Palmerston North and they are delicious? tia |
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Anyone have experience cooking cocoa beans? The google way didn't turn out the way they described! It said to cook until the husk cracked but at the recommended maximum cooking time they still hadn't cracked, I took them out anyway and I think they're a little over done. They said to bash with a ... |
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Beans for baking blind what type of beans do you use when baking blind? Also - i thought i read once that you can buy actual "baking blind beans" - specifically for this purpose. Any idea where from? i have looked in supermarket but cannot see them. thanks! |
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Is Soy flour made from fermented soy beans? TIA |
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Baking beans Where can I buy them from please? |
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Lima Beans - who stocks them ? Last year I was able to buy them from the foodstuffs stores (new world, pak and save etc)now they don't stock them any more and neither do Countdown etc... . . Has any one seen them any where ? |
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Good Coffee Beans I'm in Auckland and want to buy good coffee beans for a reasonable price. Supermarket one seem expensive and some brands aren't that flash. I used to buy Hummingbird in Chch sometimes for only $6 for 200gm, but not anywhere near that kind of bargain up ... |
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Adzuki Beans & Black Eye Peas Recipe Crock Pot I experimented with a recipe last night - turned out to be really yummy and really cheap so wanted to share with you all. Take out the meat, and it's a vegetarian meal. Ingredients: Chicken BreastRed Onion 1 x Jar of Pams T |
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dried beans question Hi I have a bag of dried beans - I think they are a mix of different beans. I know they have to be soaked somehow for a long period of time before using but I was wondering if I could do the soaking and then bottle the beans like I would with |
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how many different types of dried beans ? how do you cook them[I know haricot need soaking] and recipes using them? AND are any of them gluten free? Thanks again cooks extrordinaire! |
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Baked Beans Are they good for you? How many KJ or whatever does a can have would you say? Good source of energy? Are they low fat? Ideas on serving them? Plain toast with hot beans on top? Quick lunch with cold beans in the m |
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Freezing Runner Beans help please, Can I put sliced beans straight into the freezer or do they have to be blanched. If so do you blanch them {for how long} then do you plunge them into cold water ? & do you need to dry them somehow {roll in tea towel}. Thanks |
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Where to buy runner beans in chch please Never see them in the shops. Maybe someone selling them on the side of the road? |
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Fat Runner beans I have just pulled out the last of my runner beans and have quite a few very fatlarge beans. Before when I was picking them I would just slice them up and cook them and eat them. Can I do the same with these - obviously the seed inside is now a lot |
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Lots of green beans i have a bumper crop of lovely round green beans - giving some to friends etc and want to do some chutneys etc - any recipes folks. Have a great christmas to you all --Thanks in advance |
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Broad beans The search on the left didn't produce any enlightenment for the past year, so could you tell me your favourite broad bean recipes please? It is a few years since I had a good harvest, but have now found the perfect spot so they do not get blown over and n... |
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KIDNEY AND/OR HARICOT BEANS Sent hubby to buy a tin of red kidney beans, he's come home with haricot beans. Are they much of a muchness please? |
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Freezing Beans would like to freeze some beans - shining fardenlosa runner and tendergreen dwarf do i have to blanch them first - or would that make them soggy when i cook them thanks in advance Noni R |
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Soup with baked beans? quite a few years ago, a soup made with baked beans, and i think, tomatoes, bacon, and corn (among other things) was published maybe in the woman's magazine, possibly the woman's weekly. it was a really good filling recipe and tasted far better than it so... |
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Cooking and freezing dried beans I'm starting use dried beans more in my cooking, especially in soups and stews. Some of the recipe books I've read suggest bulk soaking and cooking the beans then freezing them to have hand as needed. My question is - do I drain them or freeze |
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Green beans from the garden are yuck! Have a huge crop of beans. Have frozen heaps, began with blanching first before freezing. When I cooked them they were inedible - chewy, floppy and watery. Did a google then froze some un-blanched hoping they would be better. They aren't! Thought I might ... |
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Green beans-suggestions! We planted more runner-beans than we needed. Picking regularly, but would love suggestions for recipes. Was never happy, in the past, with the result of blanching/freezing. Just getting tired of beeeaaannss! I'm a creative cook, but would like something n... |
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Grinding Beans / Sunflower Seeds etc Does anyone have any recommendations for a good grinder for grinding navy beans, sunflower seeds etc please? I'd prefer not to have to spend a fortune! The basic coffee grinders I have looked at only give one type of grind (no selection of fine , medium, ... |
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Where to buy bulk lima beans? It's ages since I've seen them, even canned. TIA |
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Baked Beans Anyone got a tried & true recipe? My partner often takes baked beans for his work lunch and the Home Brand ones we normally buy are now disgusting, having recently changed their recipe - nearly doubling the sugar content! Haven't been overly impressed wit... |
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String beans At 64 my husband has planted his first vege garden. I hate string beans (my mother loved them). I am picking string beans every day so what can I do with them. I cant even cook them just for him as he is away so much. I do throw stuff in the freezer then ... |
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Baking soda to keep beans green. Do you add baking soda to your beans to keep them green when you cook them?: Do you think it spoils the taste of fresh beans? |
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Dried beans I just cooked up way too many for my bean salad and would like to freeze the remainder but don't know if they freeze successfully. Has anyone done this? |
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Chocolate covered coffee beans, best beans to use! Has anyone done this. I'm thinking a mild bean may be best because they are so intense. Made my own chrystallized ginger which is very hot, so will do somechocolate coated too. And I thought of those bottled cherries from the supermarket, if I drain t... |
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Ado something beans anyone know what I mean recommended as very good for you! |
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Baked beans recipe so the bottled spag recipe got me wondering, does anyone have a tried and true yummy homemade baked bean in tomato sauce recipe! |
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Watties Baked Beans - not gluten free anymore I am sure these used to have the 'maize thickener' only, not wheat.I see the label now says "wheat flour". Can someone confirm that Watties BB used to be gluten free, or is my memory turning to custard (gluten free custard of course). |
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Chocolate covered coffee beans? Does anyone know where in Christchurch I could buy some! Am making a mocha chocolate cake and thought they'd be good to decorate with, TIA :o) |
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Baked Beans with Pinto beans - help please. I have what has turned out to be a giant bowl of soaked pinto beans ( 12 hours or so) and I was planning to turn them into some sort of sexy home-made baked beans recipe with manuka smoke and all sorts of good stuff for dinner. I thought, naively that the... |
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Can I revive my Vanilla Beans. Just cleaning out the pantry and have found my Vanilla Beans are dry. Can they be revived and if so how! |
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What to do with broad beans discovered that the beans the kids were growing at school are broad beans having not eaten them before any recipes would be appreciated! |
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Keeping Green Beans green? How do I cook my green beans so that they stay green! They always turn a yuck khaki colour before they're done! |
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Have you tried baked beans , cheese and vegemite ? Have you tried baked beans or spaghetti, cheese and Vegemite or Marmite ! cooked all togeather in a pot not nuked , have i been missing out on some thing for all these years , the Vegemite or Marmite added just adds something exotic hahaha .Maybe i should... |
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Dried beans for baking.What to use. I have been using rice for this but want to try dried beans. Are they just the beans you buy in packets from the shop anduse instead of cooking or what!thanks. |
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Idea's to jazz up Broccoli & Beans Need some idea's to jazz up Broccoli & Beans (as seperate dishes) please! |
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Slow-cooked Beans - griffo4 griffo4, here's all the info' for you, from Simon & Alison Holst's book "100 great ways to use slow cookers & crockpots" (the one with the red on the cover). SLOW-COOKED BEANSTime 3-5 hours onHIGH (see below for more details)... |
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Can anyone tell me what Navy Beans are please? Its from an American recipe. |
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Baked beans 500 grams of navy beans, soaked over night in water lightly fry; 4 rashers of bacon chopped 2 large onions chopped add; 2 cans of tomatoes 1/3 cup of molasses 2 tsp salt1 tsp pepper 1 tsp of my chili jam Pour into a slow cooker along with the soaked beans... |
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Dried beans! ARRRGGGGHHHH! I have read recipe books, books on beans, the internetand NOTHING they say to do makes my dried beans edible! I soak, I cook, I stew, I bung in soups - I cook to get rid of toxins - everything! And they are still hard! HALP!! |
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Dried beans question I have put some hard kidney type beans out soaking today for dinner tonight, now I don't want to use them, can I just chuck them back into the pantry for use later down the track or do they have to be cooked now! |
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Can fresh beans go into soup? Never thought of putting them into a soup so dont know if they 'work'. Just picked the last of myfresh beans and seeing as i've gone off them - (had to many) I was wondering if they would be OK in a leek and potato soup i was gonna make for to... |
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Homemade baked beans I've got a lot of tomatoes and tomato soup made which I can easily turn into spag but it'd be good to make baked beans too but can you buy navy beans anywhere or what would be a good substitute bean to use??Thanks:) |
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Yummy vanilla beans - ideas please Just purchased some vanilla beans and dutch cocoa off trade me.OMG smells divine. I've never used vanilla beans before. Have made some vanilla sugar and some bikkies. What tips have you got or how do you use your vanilla beans! Your input appreciated.... |
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Could I do anything with enormous green beans? I let my beans get away and have some very large ones - could I use the beans inside them for anything! Or should I just throw them away! Thanks |
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Cooking fresh green beans? I've tried everything, boiling, microwave, stir fry but the beans still come out tough and unpleasant to eat! How do others cook their freshly picked beans! thanks |
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Cooking fresh green beans? I've tried everything, boiling, microwave, stir fry but the beans still come out tough and unpleasant to eat! How do others cook their freshly picked beans! thanks |
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Freezing beans - how to?, Zucchini? Just read another post on here and a lady grates then freezes her zucchini - great idea as have such an excess at the moment. Can I freeze beans without blanching/cooking them first! I wont bother if i have to do that but if i can just wash chop and freez... |
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Where to find Decaf Coffee Beans in Hamilton I have to go decaf for a while and was looking for Decaf coffee beans which I found last year, but can't for the life of me remember where I got them from.They were from those self-dispensers in one of the supermarkets and believe they were 'Gravi... |
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Harriet beans not soft How do you get them softer like tinned baked beans !Mine are rather chewy even aftersoaking and 1 hour ofboiling them |
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"Cheap" tinned baked beans? Which is the best?? Home Brand from Countdown/Woolworths or "Budget" from the Pak N Save |
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Baked beans, pasta, tuna & cheese Am sure I saw a recipe here the other day with the above ingredients, but now I can't find it no matter what I put in the Search Box.Can anyone help me please?TIA |
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