by Stuti ~
Eating your veggies doesn’t have to be scary:
[Via Gristmill]
[Crossposted at Path to Sustainable]
Save some moolah (and Ma Earth) by snarfing beans instead of burgers once a week.
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Please be careful, though. While most people produce gaseous carbon dioxide, nitrogen and hydrogen, up to a third produce methane (no one knows exactly why the difference but it probably has to do with different intestinal flora). Methane is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
So, if you are a methane producer (here is a way to tell) make sure you use Beano or similar before eating beans. I have found that a good soaking in water, several hours to overnight) helps a lot. Just remember to discard the water and use fresh water to prepare the beans.
Here is my recipe for Red Beans and Rice:
1 pound of red kidney beans
2-3 bay leaves
1 yellow onion (diced)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound andouille sausage (cut into quarter inch pieces)
2-3 cloves of garlic (chopped)
1/2 teaspoon each of back, white and red pepper
Prepared white or brown rice
1. In large dutch oven, cover beans with water and let soak for 2 hours (1 hour will work and so does overnight). Remove any beans that float. Drain the beans and rinse with cold water. Add bay leaves, cover with 2-3 inches of water, set on high heat and bring to a boil.
2, While the water is heating up for the beans, put a frying pan on medium heat. Add the olive oil and diced onions. Cook until the onions become tender.
3. Add the sliced andouille sausage, garlic and pepper. Heat through for 3-5 minutes, with occasional stirring. Add mixture to dutch oven when water has begun to boil.
4. Cover, lower heat and simmer for 2-3 hours, adding water to keep mixture from sticking to the bottom. After 2 hours or so, you can remove the lid and let the mixture reduce somewhat. Keep stirring every so often to keep it from sticking and prepare some rice (white or brown).
5. Once the red beans has gotten to a nice thick consistency, it is ready. Put a scoop of rice on a plate followed by a scoop of the red bean mixture.
I like to mix everything up together and dig in. Sometimes a little shredded cheese on top is nice and garlic bread is always a treat.
And never any toots!
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