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Tag Archives: beans
Food Allergy’s, Gluten, and Various Grains and Bean Recipes
We were visiting our daughter awhile back in Utah and as always we got started talking about storage and all the wheat our families have. All of us think that with wheat we can survive an emergency because we can …
Read More...Cooking with Bean Flours
Since our blog on grinding grains with the Wonder Mill Junior, I have been thinking about all the different legumes 
that can be used for flour. Storing whole beans is as easy as storing whole wheat and can be used …
The Different Varieties of Beans
My husband wrote an article recently about using beans instead of oil. Well that got me to thinking about beans and how healthy they are. Needless to say there are many people out there that can’t handle beans for one …
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Tagged beans, canario beans, cranberry beans, Preparedness Mom
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More on Using Beans as a Substitute for Oil in Baking
With the holidays aproaching and all the baking, I though I would mention this again. Over the last year or so, my wife has written about using beans instead of oil in baking. Well I can testify to you
that …
A few basic facts about beans
Yield
1 c. of dry = 21/2 to 3 c. cooked beans
Bean : water ratio
1 c. beans : 4 c. water
Soaking beans
Slice a bean in half. If the center is opaque, soak more.
Are they …
Read More...Using Beans Instead of Fat in Baking
My wife has been using beans instead of fat in baking for about a year now. The taste and textures amazes most 
people when we tell them what is used. The cake cooks just a bit faster than normal, so …
How to cook Beans the Old Fashioned Way
Since I was raised on a ranch, I pretty much watched my grandmother cook many different ways depending on the weather and how many men she had to cook for. There was always a pot of beans cooking on …
Read More...Softening Old Beans
All beans, even when they are correctly stored, become harder over time and take more time to cook.
A method to help soften beans and speed up the cooking is as follows: First, sort and rinse the beans. Bring three …
Read More...How Much Food do You Need for a Year
A question that comes up regularly is how much food is a year’s supply. One answer is a list put out by the LDS Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints).
- Grains (wheat, rice, corn or other cereal
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White Beans can Replace Fat in Baking
There are two easy ways to replace fat with beans in most baking.
1. Simply cover beans with water and cook until very soft. Mash until about the consistency of shortening (use blender). Replace in recipes cup for cup. For …
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