The Inexpensive Low Fat Protein
Growing up in a Puerto Rican household nearly all our meals had rice and beans on the side. It was my dad’s choice. He couldn’t have any meals without rice and beans. It was lasagna ~ rice and beans. Mexican tacos ~ then rice and beans. I could go on, but do you really want me to?
I was working on a dish yesterday and pulled out some of Goya’s small white beans for it. The beans were delicious. I was always taught you needed to cook the beans, even if they were canned. That got me wondering, since I want to incorporate as many raw foods as possible, do I really need to cook them?
I didn’t and the dish came out beautifully. The Goya small white beans were a creamy texture with a light taste. It reminded me of another great protein, the cashew. The benefit over the cashew is the fat and calorie factor. I think I’m in love.
Today I looked it up and it turns out that the canned beans are already cooked. Found a few good links and figured I would share one of my favorites ones.
Will I buy raw beans and sprout them? I don’t know. Maybe when I’m more comfortable with it. I had such a bad experience with the sprouted wild rice and I don’t want to invest the time to try it at the moment. I know that our bodies loved not having the beans cooked again. It did make a difference probably because then we weren’t overcooking them.
Found a great article on it, just in case you want to learn more about this great inexpensive protein, the bean, from Supermarket Guru.
http://archive.supermarketguru.com/page.cfm/30190
Till next time, may you prosper and be in health as your soul prospers.
~R
