Fourth topic: Lima beans

[judecorp]

Alright, I'll bite... what /are/ your thoughts on lima beans? Garbanzos, black beans, heck, even lentils? Do you have any good recipes to share? (Ok, not having access to the foodnetwork has really kicked in now...)

Ha!

I don't particularly like eating lima beans. They seem kind of tasteless to me. I suppose I don't DISlike them, and I would eat them in a dish, but I don't go around putting lima beans in things. HOWEVER, I do like using beans/seeds and soaking them and trying to make plants out of them, and lima beans are VERY good for this. In fact, in college for fun I made a bunch of lima bean plants, and one of them got quite huge and actually started producing lima beans of its own. That was fun! (I have also done peas, corn kernels, and a few other beans.)

I really like garbanzo beans, especially when made into delicious hummus or on top of a yummy salad. And I prefer black beans to, say, pinto beans. I don't know much about lentils. At all.

And umm, I don't really cook worth a damn so I'm afraid I'm really of no help to you whatsoever in the recipe department. However, a number of my peeps are good cooks, especially my smurfbrother, and I do invite them all to now share their best bean/pea/legume recipes with you. :)

Comments

[sarahaubry.livejournal.com]

but we know you like to eat LEZ beans!!!!!!!!!!!

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recipe

[(Anonymous)]

This is a super-easy recipe that is one of our favorites, and is bean-tastic. Love, Gretchen

CREAMY WHITE CHILI

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into ½-inch cubes
1 medium onion, chopped
1½ teaspoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 15½-ounce cans great northern beans, rinsed and drained (or any white beans like pinto beans)
1 14½-ounce can chicken broth
2 4-ounce cans chopped green chilies 1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon pepper ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 cup sour cream ½ cup whipping cream

In a large saucepan, sauté chicken, onion and garlic powder in oil until chicken is no longer pink. Add beans, broth, chilies and seasonings. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in sour cream and cream. Serve immediately. Serves seven.

Note: This is yummy with the following sweet cornbread recipe: combine one box of Jiffy cornbread mix, mixed with ingredients according to the directions, and one box Jiffy yellow cake mix, also mixed with ingredients according to the directions. Combine the two and bake.

[calledmara.livejournal.com]

http://www.cityhall.lima.oh.us/dept/community/beanie.asp

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I can always count on you.

[calledmara.livejournal.com]

Well, if I couldn't find the absurdity in my home county I think I'd be insane by now. Instead I have to love our giant lima bean mascots and naked baby hamburg joints.

[vorpalbla.livejournal.com]

Easy.
Combine with sauteed onions, vegetable broth, spices of your choice, and hot sauce if you like it spicy. Maybe add some cooking wine. Maybe some black pepper. Add chopped carrots or celery if you have time. Cook it up, and ya got bean soup.

[katishna.livejournal.com]

Okay, confession time. Food gives me gas. Really, anything I eat. Doesn't matter. But lima beans? HOLY COW. I could launch the friggin' space shuttle on that gas.