DRIED BEANS/LEGUMES (or canned) - Your favorite recipes / applications?

bbqboy · February 8, 2019, 6:18pm

I’m at stage 4 CKD. My nephrologist is also my dietician, but she really doesn’t know what she’s talking about. I’m flying by the seat of my pants on my dietary choices based on my metabolic panels.

shrinkrap · February 8, 2019, 6:21pm

There are a lot of registered dietitians here; in the audience and teaching. Kidney disease has mostly been mentioned in the context of excessive protein intake, and maybe controlling the amount of salt in your cooking. Eye opening stuff about protein intake in the US.

bbqboy · February 8, 2019, 6:26pm

I’m anemic and so I’m mostly advised to eat meat . Sounds like they’re talking about prevention and not what to do for the already ill.
CKD is interesting in that it is pretty much irreversible and so the challenge is to not get worse. Easier said than done.
I’ve succeeded in staying off dialysis for 5 years after ending up at the ER with a 0 GFR.

shrinkrap · February 8, 2019, 6:28pm

Good for you!

Actually they are showing slides of cases where disease has been reversed, but not kidney disease.
I’m supposed to put this on a different thread but…

PS Someone near and dear to me has chronic proteinuria.

shrinkrap · February 8, 2019, 6:42pm

PHREDDY · February 8, 2019, 9:57pm

Thank you for taking the time to share with us… and keep in mind that each of us has a new secret source of specific knowledge!

meatn3 · February 8, 2019, 10:01pm

I do that too - either pumpkin or sweet potatoes! The combo has a nice affinity for Caribbean flavors.

shrinkrap · February 8, 2019, 10:17pm

We added pureed beans to thicken a Caesar dressing, in place of eggs the other day. I thought it was in place of oil, but turns out more olive oil appears to be better, at least according to the Mediterranean diet. .

WHITE BEAN CAESAR SALAD DRESSING RECIPE

Ttrockwood · February 9, 2019, 2:50am

That’s very clever use of beans! I used to make a lazy salad dressing by mixing hummus with some lemon juice and a tiny splash of water or whatever plant milk i had on hand which makes for a great super fast dressing

Salsailsa · February 9, 2019, 3:10am

What sort of beans do you like to use for this?

corneygirl · February 9, 2019, 4:12pm

Made this last night: https://food52.com/recipes/25865-pasta-e-ceci-pasta-with-chickpeas It’s a favorite

I also love https://food52.com/recipes/31876-judy-rodgers-lentils-braised-in-red-wine usually serve with salmon, but eat leftovers for lunch on their own.

I also make a lot of clear out the veg bin minestrone soups.

bear · February 9, 2019, 7:59pm

We all really like Vivian Howard’s Butterbean Burger recipe. I use Wegman’s frozen butterbeans, but I’m guessing baby limas would be just fine. It does take a bit more work than a lot of veggie burger recipes due to caramelizing onions and roasting garlic, but has a lot of flavor from cumin, smoked paprika and chipotle powder. I probably use about half of the roasted garlic puree, just eyeballing it after roasting a head or two. They freeze beautifully for several months.

ccj · February 9, 2019, 8:45pm

I looked at recipe.
can I use white rice instead of brown rice?
I hate to buy another kind of rice.
I have some jasmine rice when I want to use ti for fried rice but usually use red kokuho medium grain rice, if I can use this I would give it a try

Scubadoo97 · February 9, 2019, 8:58pm

I’ve made her butter bean burger before. Very tasty

bear · February 9, 2019, 10:16pm

ccj, I’m sure you could. I think the primary role of the rice is to bind it together.

ccj · February 9, 2019, 10:31pm

thanks

Ttrockwood · February 10, 2019, 12:49am

These sound awesome…! I’ve not seen frozen butterbeans before, I’m thinking canned would probably work fine.
Good to see this is one of the rare veg burger recipes that has you chill the mix before cooking- most seem to skip that step and then comments invariably mention how they fall apart. Something about letting the mix chill and rest really helps everything stick together

Presunto · February 17, 2019, 2:58pm

Cheat’s cassoulet with SV duck leg.

Presunto · February 17, 2019, 4:27pm

Forgot this one. I was culling old cookery mags and saw this. Took a photo before recycling the mag. (click on image once or twice to open full size)

kobuta · March 18, 2019, 9:33pm

I don’t use dried beans too often, because of the lengthy soaking time required. I almost never remember to soak my beans in time, so I defer to canned when I really need to. I’m a sucker for kidney beans and green beans in particular - in salads, chili, etc and mulligatawny is one of my favorite soups. But my absolutely favorite bean recipes are actually Chinese ones, which alas don’t offer canned versions:

Fresh hot soy milk with no sugar. My mom used to make this alot, and I could drink a gallon of this.
Red bean (sweet) soup which is a classic Chinese dessert that is perfect in the summertime once it’s been chilled in the fridge. Red Bean Soup I like mine with lotus seeds too.