Nutritional value
As explained last month, all pulses, whether fresh, frozen, tinned or dried, are highly nutritious and are worth using often.
Using beans
Tinned beans may be easiest to use: simply drain them and rinse under the tap. Try to buy those tinned in plain, unsalted water. However, dried beans are cheaper. Soak them in lots of water overnight, then drain, rinse, and cook in plenty of fresh water. Bring them slowly to the boil, and then simmer gently, uncovered, until soft. This could take from * 0 minutes to over an hour, depending on the age of the beans. Beans over a year old might be too hard to cook. Red kidney beans must be boiled fast for ten minutes before simmering in order to kill their inherent toxins. (Tinned ones are already boiled.)
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