With the cost of gasoline and food going up like crazy what home manager hasn’t been wondering what measures she can take to stretch her food budget and still provide healthy foods for her family? My goodness, I have. Even though we usually eat frugally and healthily, I am still looking for new recipes and food bargains. 
Well, here is something that will be a great investment of a few bucks. And since I am an affiliate over at Katie’s Kitchen Stewardship and receive a small commission if you buy her ebook through CHK, I am excited to share Katie’s ebook called Everything Beans that will not only save you money, but give you ideas for preparing beans that will please every member of your family.
Its no secret that means are nutritious and inexpensive. The big secret seems to be how to prepare beans properly and deliciously. Katie takes care of all that in her book. She even discusses canned beans vs. dry beans, pressure cooking beans and why beans should be soaked before cooking.
There are a lot of recipes included too. Katie guarantees that her recipes are tried and true. She admits that recipes can be found all over the net, but her book contains recipes that have been tried out by her team of helpers, tweaked and easily printed for your kitchen. The free download is a recipe for Pasta with White Bean Sauce that looks incredible! I can’t wait to try it.
Every recipe in Everything Beans has three ratings you can see at a glance. Recipes are rated for Ease of Preparation, Kid-Friendly taste and Cost.
Katie offers a sample download of a section of her book too. Seriously, if you want some help to bring nutrition and frugality to your kitchen, get Everything Beans!
Katie is offering some discounts and coupons too……..
* The first 100 purchased are 50% off! (use coupon code FIRSTCHANCE – if it doesn’t work, try the next one…)
* Until the giveaway closes at midnight tomorrow (3/2), get 35% off with the code BEANLAUNCH.
* After that, The Everything Beans Book will remain at 25% off until this Friday at midnight EST (use coupon code 25OFFBEANS).
There is also a giveaway for 10 copies of the ebook that ends tonight at midnight! Oh my goodness, Hurry over there and enter!
Hello and welcome! I'm Sylvia Britton, and I've been online since 1996 offering encouragement and help in the spirit of Titus 2 and Proverbs 31 at Christian Homekeeper. CHK is the original Homekeeping site on the internet
That does look good Sylvia. I have one question about beans though-can eating them give you seriously bad wind and indigestion? It seems that every time (which isn’t often) I cook something with beans-cannilini beans for example, we all get an upset tummy.
That is an excellent question, Yvonne! In the Everything Beans book, Katie shows us how to avoid gas.
She even talks about how to prepare beans for the picky eaters in our families and those who don’t like the texture of beans!
Here’s what I recommend:
There is a product here called Bean-O that can be eaten right before the meal. It is a natural enzyme that works breaking down carbohydrates into more easily digested sugars before they reach the colon.
Another thing you can do would be to pre-boil the beans for 2 minutes, allow the beans to sit for 2 hours, drain off the cooking liquid and add more clear water to the beans to finish cooking.
You may also add a pinch of baking soda to the cooking water.