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How To Soak Dry Beans

How To Soak Dry Beans

  Jodie Shield, RD A wide variety of beans – dry and canned – are stocked in grocery stores.  But which should you use?  It all boils down to your time.  Dry beans require a few [...]

Do You Know Your Beans?

Do You Know Your Beans?

By: Jodie Shield, RD   Beans belong to the family of plants known as legumes, of which there are about two thousand varieties all over the world.  Beans are a key ingredient in many ethnic foods.  [...]

Healthy Families Eat Beans

Healthy Families Eat Beans

By: Jodie Shield, RD While beans may not be magical enough to grow a fairy-tale beanstalk, they do work their own kind of magic on our health.  Several studies suggest that eating beans may prevent heart [...]

Healthy Eating for Families – Weeknight Survival Menu II

Healthy Eating for Families – Weeknight Survival Menu II

  By: Jodie Shield, RD To help you survive those hectic week nights, we’ve come up with five healthy beat-the-clock menus that can all be prepared in 15 minutes or less from the time you walk [...]

Healthy Families Eat Beans: Tuna and Bean Smash

Healthy Families Eat Beans: Tuna and Bean Smash

  By: Jodie Shield, RD What kid could resist something called – smash?  This hot tuna recipe is perfect on a cool evening and it makes a tasty hot lunch too.  I recommend serving it with [...]