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Big Pot O’ Beans: Week 2: Black Beans: The Week In Review

I’m shocked! The black beans totally sucked me into the beans and rice vortex. Day one was beans and rice with breakfast foods. Day two was beans and rice with vegetables and some salsa tossed in for good measure.

Then on day 3, I made these black bean burgers and they turned out pretty yummy, but if you examine the recipe carefully, you’ll see it’s basically just beans and rice in burger format– about 2/3 grain product and 1/3 bean, which is not nearly beany or vegetably enough to satisfy the requirements of the big pot of beans.

The results were good enough, however to convince me to persevere in my quest for the perfect black bean burger. I shall post again when I have made them better.

Beans soaked: 1 lb
Yield: 5 1/2 cups

Servings this week: 8
Cost this week: $15 ish

Total servings for the whole beany project: 23
Total cost for the whole beany project: $25 ish

Average cost of the beany life, per serving: around $1.70

Next week: The mighty Garbanzo

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