good for your gut, 

beans make you gaseous,

boil the heck out of dried ones, 

or you’ll get nauseous,

canned or frozen beans for lightning meals,

creamy, hearty, savory and sweet,

try 3-bean chili with coconut rice,

beans are truly nature’s golden treat.

	🫘 BEANS LEAVE YOU SATISFIED +its nutrients delay gastric emptying leaving you fuller for longer +Did you know beans are legumes like lentils, peas, and peanuts, but the latter 3 are not beans
	🫘 YOU CAN MAKE A MOSAIC +You can use dried legumes to make fall mosaics of turkeys, squash, and orange-red leave
	🫘 GOOD FOR EARTH, GOOD FOR BODY Beans are low energy to grow, while providing rich nutrition +As most know, they are great for protein and fiber, but beans also contain decent amounts of zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, and vitamins B1, B6, E, and K. +”Because they add nitrogen back into soil, they improve farming efficiency, acting as a natural fertiliser, breaking pest and weed cycles, creating more fertile ground, and increasing crop yields over time.”- source ❗BUT REMEMBER ❗ properly soak and boil out the toxic lectins from dried beans.
	🫘 FERMENTED SOYBEANS FOR A HEALTHY GUT Soybeans become tofu and Korean fermented bean pastes like Cheonggukjang, the earthiest and my favorite of the fermented bean pastes.  They are a rich soup base sometimes featuring its own cubed body 😉
	🫘 GREAT FOR YOUR WALLET +The cost each for canned and dried beans are $1.59/lb, and $0.51/lb respectively –source
	🫘 BEANS ARE FOREVER +Frozen, canned, dried– beans can last longer than a relationship  “dried beans have a minimum shelf life of one to two years, per the USDA. Unofficially, they last…basically forever.” source
	🫘NEVER GET BORED WITH BEANS. SO MANY RECIPES! As a staple in many cultures, you can try a new recipe every day for the rest of your life  +Did you know there are 40,000 varieties of beans?  +https://www.eatingwell.com/gallery/8030242/dietitian-favorite-budget-friendly-recipes-with-beans/ +https://www.reddit.com/user/shadowipteryx/comments/p68gzj/a_big_list_of_bean_recipes/
	🫘DESERT BEANS, EVEN ICE CREAM BEANS! Seasonal treats enjoyed by many