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[quote=Anonymous]oh, also, op - if you do try dried beans, make sure you don't add salt until the end, or else they'll never get very soft. I messed up the first time and it scared me off dried beans for awhile.

I just (as in, am eating it right now) made a black bean soup - took the equivalent of a can of black beans (that I had soaked and cooked with onions earlier), heated them on the stove with a can of diced tomatoes and spices (I used chili powder, cumin, garlic, and adobo, and a dash of worcestire sauce - use what you have on hand) and simmered for 15 mins. pureed about half of it in the blender, added it back to the pot, simmered 5 more mins, topped with shredded cheese from a big block of cheddar. it is DELICIOUS. probably about $0.50 a serving (this will feed me lunch twice).

you can freeze cooked beans to have on hand for weeks like this in the future - we basically end up at this point the first week of every month between rent day and pay day - so we have really started to stash away some stuff in the freezer throughout the month. it's finally paying off because this week we didn't have to buy any groceries and were able to have chicken tacos, stuffed shells, bean soup, turkey soup, and rice, pork, and beans. definitely is an improvement over last month's week of egg salad.  and you can just use the excuse to your daughter that you need to clear space in the freezer, instead of telling her it's bc you are low on cash :) that's what we tell ourselves anyway, haha[/quote]

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