Beans – Crunchy Cooking

Toasted Chickpea & Potato Toppers

An addictive snack, a stellar soup or salad topper, this mixture is a kitchen must-have.

Spicy, sweet, green: what more could you want?

Spicy lentil stew, sweet potato and greens: perfection.

Hummus after a tango with some wasabi green peas

Salad: keeping plates colorful

Once the bunch of kale is gone, there remain the stems. Savor them in soup!

Zuppa de Ceci e Mais just sounds way fancier than Chickpea and Corn soup!

Green split pea soup with fresh herbs and a hint of lemon. It whispers that spring might be on it’s way – if of course it weren’t snowing outside…

Rich, smoky, sweet, complex; this stew has it all.

Lentil soups are a low-maintenance method of getting more of these petite little legumes into a daily diet.

Two pots, a few ingredients (usually whatever’s on hand in the vegetable crisper) and voilà – supper.

Get to know amaranth: a protein powerhouse and rich source of minerals.