Thread Number: 73585
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Post# 971639 , Reply# 1   12/5/2017 at 02:58 (2,331 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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I'm not sure I'd say I love beans...but I certainly regularly eat them, and appreciate the practical advantages of them as a low cost protein source. Currently, I am trying to have a diet that's plant based...but some days seem to work better for that than others... I have a long history of having periods of low or even zero meat consumption. This goes back to when I was growing up, even--my mother made vegetarian meals at least somewhat regularly in the 1980s.
Cost has always been a huge selling point for plant based diets. But such diets are argued to be healthier, better for the planet, and better for animal welfare.
I have typically used common beans, and it seems like I've been mostly using canned recently. I think preparing them from scratch would be better...but canned is so convenient. (I don't have a pressure cooker to help speed things up.)
I have been curious to "someday" try heirloom varieties. I learned of a company specializing in them, but haven't ever tried them. (Right now, I have a seriously limited budget...which doesn't help...)
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