Colorado produces a wide range of bean varieties including pinto, light red kidney and black, and the state ranks eighth nationally in dry bean production. Beans are fat free, high in fiber, rich in ...

"Pinto beans are a type of legume and a nutrient-packed powerhouse," Kathleen Garcia-Benson, RDN, CSSD, LD, NASM-CPT, NBC-HWC, a registered dietitian with Top Nutrition Coaching. "While they are ...

This creamy, pureed bean soup gets some heft from cubes of smoked ham and paprika-dusted croutons. Grace Parisi a former senior test kitchen editor for Food & Wine, where she wrote several successful ...

Meat is the star of most stews, with vegetables and aromatics sometimes feeling like an afterthought. But meat can make an excellent accent ingredient in a pot of silky greens and creamy beans. In ...

You already know my feelings about puréed soups. And, for most of my life, I believed that the only thing worse than a puréed soup was a puréed bean soup. They tend to unleash the worst of what beans ...