"Julie Bove" > wrote in
:

> I guess I bought more than we could eat in a year. Dried ones that
> is. I think part of the problem is that I had to mail order the dark
> kidney and had to get 6 bags when 3 was what I really needed. And
> then I got some really good deals on canned beans and I was using them
> more than the dried. I also got a bag of white beans in my Christmas
> stocking which I did not use because I already had so many. Those
> expired last April. I personally would not have bought those if I
> were not going to use them right away but the person who gifted them
> to me does not cook and has bad eyesight so probably didn't know
> better.
>
> I know that the expiration date means little on beans. Some of what I
> have will be good for a while. The rest expired in June, July and
> Aug. All that means is that they might take a little longer to cook.
> But those dates are not so far gone so I expect that they won't really
> take any longer.
>
> Am doing a pound of pintos right now and next week will do a big pot
> of vegetarian baked beans. Then will probably switch to soup. I do
> have some roast beef in the freezer that I was going to use for beef
> barley soup but will also add some beans to it. I have the dregs of
> several kinds in various bags so will cook those up and add them.
>
> Need to come up with some other ideas for beans. Was thinking of some
> sort of mixed dish like beans and corn with onions and peppers.
>
>

I like bean burritos. I use hot refried but others would work. I add
Velveeta (only way I use it) and cooked chicken. Cover half of tortilla,
fold, cook 5 min or so in mw, cut up, eat. Love these!



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