I've been known to throw a few beans at almost anything, Sharron--on top of a chef salad, in soup, in chili, in with a mixed veggie, in a baked "pasta" dish. And don't forget bean salad, bean/egg salad sammiches.

If I make a beef taco supper, I add a can of beans to the seasoned ground beef mix after its browned and take the stick blender to the whole skillet for a few seconds until it's less chunky with only a few whole beans left. The juice in the can of beans seems to help thicken the mixture and it's really good.

Speaking of good, bet ham hocks were fantastic......

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Haven't used 'em yet -- gonna put them in the lentils

I love beans, but they've always been the star of the show. I need to make them a side player...

bean/egg salad? do tell...? baked "pasta" dish??

I do refried beans with gr. beef. In fact, a recipe is forthcoming in the new book :cook:

Aw, nothing elegant here...you know like egg salad but with some beans (bean chunks, lol) in it, too. Garbanzas have nice texture for this.

And if I make a pasta dish, either with veggie noodles or lc pasta, I've been known to throw in a few beans (chunks again, usually not mashed or whole) into the sauce. Depends on what I have around, and what I think I can get away with without it looking or tasting ridiculous. But I have actually layered red kidney beans in a lasagna-like bake. Never tried it on company, though

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I don't think I would have thought of putting eggs with beans. I do egg/tuna on ocassion...

I'll have to percolate on this. I'm finding that I can tolerate more carbs and stay in ketosis (for losing) than I previously thought. Using my Zone principles to do it!

Like, I've figured out I can tolerate a glass of raw milk with 1 or 2 meals a day and the beans.

Oh, I did taste the hocks. Yes, they were yummy :cook:

I'm wondering: I used to use bean flours when I tried LC -- that was even before the Zone -- I wonder if I could incorporate them into things now???

Good question about the bean flours! I've nada experience with them. But sounds like something fun to play with!

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Hmmm...

I don't do well with garbanzo beans -- in fact, I dislike them so much I used them as a fake "swear" word! Instead of "oh bummer" or the like, I'd say, "Garbanzo beans!"

Anyway! I remember garbanzo bean flour, but I wonder if there are other ones available. I'll have to poke around at my hfs next time I go into town

LOL! The innocent chick-pea! Gosh, I guess I'm having a hard time imaging having that kind of dislike--although I must admit I have some weirdnesses about some foods, myself. Actually garbanzos rank really well among beans on the GL scale, too.......sorry!!!

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There are VERY few foods I feel that way about: Bell peppers, eggplant, cactus, Mexican menudo and garbanzo beans. As a general rule, I'll eat almost anything -- at least once anyway

Seriously, though, if it means anything, according to Dr. Mercola, garbanzos are one of those foods I should avoid. They actually taste bitter to me, isn't that funny? Oh, and limas should be on that list too

Oh! and btw, did you know BK has also introduced a chili on their value menu? The serving is very generous and meaty. Ds had it yesterday for lunch. Next time we go in, I'll try it and a salad :fork:

Interest about the garbanzo's. Bitter? Wow..... Now lima beans, I understand, although I do like the great big tan butterbean version. Something else hard to find "up here" though

Ya know, I haven't been to BK in about a century. Thanks for the heads up; it'll be a nice change.

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Well, the only bean flour I found at the hfs was garbanzo. Blech.

I did find some instant refried beans and instant black beans. I got the black beans. We'll see what I think when I mix 'em up...

Instant? Wow, that's neat. Let me know how it tastes.

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Will do :great:

Bren, with the major stress on my adrenals for at least the next few days I'm going to do my Zonish plan to try to restablize my system.

I hope breakfast works: 1 WW toast, 2 eggs chz omelette and some broc salad...

Well, zoning won't hurt, for sure.

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