For me, beans make a brilliant substitute for meat. I’m not vegan or vegetarian. Yes I do enjoy meat but occasionally I like to swap it out for beans, chickpeas or lentils. When I first started to eat more vegan …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Slow Cooker Chicken, Parma Ham and Bean Pasta Soup
Now that Winter is slowly creeping in it’s time for us to start thinking about eating warming foods. Warm meals during the colder months can help to keep the bugs at away. Soup are a great dish that you can …
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How to Cook Dried Beans from Scratch
For me, beans make a brilliant substitute for meat. I’m not vegan or vegetarian. Yes I do enjoy meat but occasionally I like to swap it out for beans, chickpeas or lentils. When I first started to eat more vegan …
Slow Cooker Chicken, Parma Ham and Bean Pasta Soup
Now that Winter is slowly creeping in it’s time for us to start thinking about eating warming foods. Warm meals during the colder months can help to keep the bugs at away. Soup are a great dish that you can …
Read More "Slow Cooker Chicken, Parma Ham and Bean Pasta Soup"
Googie’s Kitchen presents Slow Cooker Herby Pinto Baked Beans
Once upon a time beans on toast was a favourite of mine. It is such an easy dish to prepare and cook. Nowadays I prefer to make my own baked beans which is not so quick and easy. That was …
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Tomato and Basil Pinto Bean Burger
Burgers and herbs are not two ingredients I would have thought to put together. We have been growing basil in the garden this year. There is so much of it but we are a little tried of pesto. Therefore I …
Beans, Can I cook ’em, Yes I can!
Over the past few years I have been cooking dried beans. Now, I realise that it’s easier to open a tin than think about soaking overnight and then cooking the next day but I prefer the dried variety. Firstly dried …
Pinto Bean Balls in a Tomato and Pasta Sauce
In the last few months I have been cooking with pinto beans. I saw them on a food shop I was doing online and thought they looked interesting. I discovered after ordering them that these beans are loaded with nutrition …
Roasted Cauliflower and Bean Soup
My son Ted, who is nine, isn’t a great vegetable fan. When he asked me to make a cauliflower soup I nearly fell on the floor. I made a cauliflower and chestnut soup at Christmas last year and Ted loved …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Egg and Bean Hotpot
Ted and I walk to school every morning and he normally always asks me what is for dinner that night. When I told Ted we would be having this dish he asked me whether the meal would come in a …
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