Quick and easy beans & lentils recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Beans Tuscany Improv

Lacking most of the ingredients for the typical Tuscan Bean recipe I decided to improvise. This dish is quick, easy to make, full of fiber and is…

Beans with Burnt Ends

Burnt ends are the blackened parts of a brisket that has been smoked. Some people like to cut the ends off, pour on bbq sauce, and cook them another…

Lentil Salad with Warm Spices

Lentils are perfect for cold or room temperature salads. This salad features the warm flavors of cumin, coriander, ginger and turmeric. Red onion…

Slow Cooked Sweet Baked Beans

Delicious beans with any BBQ, picnic fare, great with grilled meats as a side dish.

Crockpot Pinto Beans

Make these in the slow cooker, or stovetop, and bake some cornbread. Yum! Usually, I make pintos with tomato sauce, but chile sauce adds a nice…

Cumin & Lime Chickpeas

This was so fresh and delicious.

Old school Pinto Beans

Best old school beans ever!

Four Bean Casserole

Crunchy Green Bean Salad

madhur jaffrey's chana dal

Stir-Fry Broad Beans, Shanghainese-Style

Shanghai dish, easy

Curried Chick Peas

A nice side dish to serve with curried chicken and rice.

Boneless Chicken Wings

Lancaster County Lima Beans

The Amish serve many of their vegetables in cream and most of the are very good. Lima beans in cream are outstanding!