Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 I'd like to cook up a nice winter vegetable soup this weekend, and I'd like to avoid canned beans. It's a special occasion, and the extra effort and flavor will be appreciated. How do I cook the beans in a crock pot, as part of one of these yummy soup recipes? Thanks! ~Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Wash and Soak your beans overnight if possible in plenty of water (beans will soak up the water). In AM drain water off and put beans in crockpot. One cup of dry beans will be plenty for a soup, I think. Betty Cannon bicannon bicannon16 --- On Wed, 2/18/09, Sharon <mtbbabe wrote: Sharon <mtbbabe Avoiding canned beans Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 3:30 PM I'd like to cook up a nice winter vegetable soup this weekend, and I'd like to avoid canned beans. It's a special occasion, and the extra effort and flavor will be appreciated. How do I cook the beans in a crock pot, as part of one of these yummy soup recipes? Thanks! ~Sharon --- Interested in rubber stamping? Contact me at jennyos_address. I offer special discounts to all new Stampin' Up! customers. www.stampinup.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 In her blog, A Year of Crockpotting <http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/>, Stephanie gives pretty good directions <http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/cooking-dried-beans-in-crockpot.html> for a first-time slow bean cooker. It's an interesting blog to read if you're not already familiar with it. It's not all vegetarian, but she's got quite a few vegetarian recipes, and many are easily adaptable. Also, because one of her kids is gluten intolerant, there are a lot that are gluten free as well. If you want to use beans in your soup without pre-cooking them, your soup will need to be tomato and salt free (or free of any acidic or salty food) until after the beans are cooked (acid and salt can cause your beans to never cook fully). This is a riskier way to go about it, especially for a special occasion. It's safer with quicker cooking beans like lentils. Debbie > --- On Wed, 2/18/09, Sharon <mtbbabe wrote: > > How do I cook the beans in a crock pot, as part of one of these yummy soup recipes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thank you, Debbie! That's rather important!! ~Sharon --- On Wed, 2/18/09, Debbie <debbie wrote: > Debbie <debbie > Re: Avoiding canned beans > > Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 4:40 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > In her blog, A Year of Crockpotting <http://crockpot365. > blogspot. com/>, > > Stephanie gives pretty good directions > > <http://crockpot365. > blogspot. com/2008/ 10/cooking- dried-beans- in-crockpot. > html> > > for a first-time slow bean cooker. It's an interesting > blog to read if > > you're not already familiar with it. It's not all > vegetarian, but she's > > got quite a few vegetarian recipes, and many are easily > adaptable. > > Also, because one of her kids is gluten intolerant, there > are a lot that > > are gluten free as well. > > > > If you want to use beans in your soup without pre-cooking > them, your > > soup will need to be tomato and salt free (or free of any > acidic or > > salty food) until after the beans are cooked (acid and > salt can cause > > your beans to never cook fully). This is a riskier way to > go about it, > > especially for a special occasion. It's safer with > quicker cooking > > beans like lentils. > > > > Debbie > > > > > --- On Wed, 2/18/09, Sharon <mtbbabe (AT) (DOT) > com> wrote: > > > > > > How do I cook the beans in a crock pot, as part of one > of these yummy soup recipes? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thank you, Betty! ~Sharon --- On Wed, 2/18/09, Betty <bicannon wrote: > Betty <bicannon > Re: Avoiding canned beans > > Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 4:27 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > Wash and Soak your beans overnight if > possible in plenty of water (beans will soak up the water). > In AM drain water off and put beans in crockpot. One cup of > dry beans will be plenty for a soup, I think. > > > > > > Betty Cannon > > bicannon (AT) (DOT) > com > > bicannon16 (AT) gmail (DOT) > com > > > > --- On Wed, 2/18/09, Sharon <mtbbabe (AT) (DOT) > com> wrote: > > > > Sharon <mtbbabe (AT) (DOT) > com> > > Avoiding canned beans > > @ > . com > > Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 3:30 PM > > > > I'd like to cook up a nice winter vegetable soup this > weekend, and I'd like to avoid canned > > beans. It's a special occasion, and the extra effort > and flavor will be appreciated. How do I > > cook the beans in a crock pot, as part of one of these > yummy soup recipes? > > Thanks! > > ~Sharon > > > > ------------ --------- --------- ------ > > > > Interested in rubber stamping? Contact me at jennyos_address@ > . I offer special discounts to all new > Stampin' Up! customers. www.stampinup. com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 , <mtbbabe wrote: > > I'd like to cook up a nice winter vegetable soup this weekend, and I'd like to avoid canned > beans. It's a special occasion, and the extra effort and flavor will be appreciated. How do I > cook the beans in a crock pot, as part of one of these yummy soup recipes? > Thanks! > ~Sharon > I found that if you take a cup or two of beans and put into the crockpot and add enough water cover the beans. (about 1:3 ratio beans to water) It won't hurt if you put too much water....turn the crock pot on high and cook for 8-10 hours. To put into a recipe make sure to drain all the water off the beans first and rinse them. (do not add any seasonings to the crock-pot when first cooking the beans overnight) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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