Grains and Beans
Grains and Beans
The more you know about grains and beans,
the less bland and boring they are.
Spice up your meal with some unique originals.
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Grains and Beans |
| History of Granola
| According to some writers, Stanley Mason is the man who gets the credit for the first granola bar. It is different from cereal because it is pressed together to form a bar – almost the size of a chocolate bar - and then baked. >> more | | | | Legumes
| What’s great about legumes is that they can often be substituted for each other in cooking; if you are looking for kidney beans but cannot find them, use black and pinto beans instead. >> more | | | | Chickpeas
| Like other legumes, chickpeas offer a host of health benefits like lower cholesterol, stable blood sugar, and protein for increased energy. Chickpeas are slightly different however, because they offer 164% daily recommended intake of molybdenum in just 1 cup. >> more | | | | Lentils
| For people with diabetes, hypoglycemia, or insulin resistance, lentils help to stabilize blood sugar levels by providing slow burning energy in the form of complex carbohydrates. >> more | | | | Kidney Beans
| When combined with whole grains such as rice, kidney beans provide virtually fat-free high quality protein. But this is far from all kidney beans have to offer, they are also an excellent source of the trace mineral, molybdenum, an integral component of the enzyme sulfite oxidase, which is responsible for detoxifying sulfites >> more | | |
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