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Posted: Aug 29 2012 at 12:53pm | IP Logged Quote margarita
I always cook my beans in a slow cooker!

It does help to soak overnight.

If you forget to soak overnight, it helps to do a quick boil on them before adding to the slow cooker.

If you forget to do that.. well.. they usually still cook fine by the end of the day!

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Posted: Aug 29 2012 at 2:16pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
ah ha.. here we go.. the thread on cooking dried beans

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Posted: Sept 08 2012 at 6:52am | IP Logged Quote MarilynW
JodieLyn wrote:
ah ha.. here we go.. the thread on cooking dried beans


Thanks everyone. I cooked a pot of black beans yesterday - and they worked out great. I have lots of little bags in the freeezer for quick meals.

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Posted: Oct 18 2012 at 3:01pm | IP Logged Quote mamaslearning
I have never sat down to figure this out, but with grocery day coming up I think I'll do just that.

I revamped the budget today and my grocery budget is $715 a month for our family of 6 (including toiletries, diapers, paper products, drugstore needs, etc.). That's about $3.90 a day per person. I hope that isn't unrealistic, seeing as I need to buy everything at the store (no garden, no extra freezer for bulk purchases). I'm thinking we will be eating lots of peanut butter or beans/rice meals. I'm a bit scared, but what can you do? If the money is not there, it's not there, kwim.

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