Beans recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $2.5 per serving

Spicy Chickpea & Long Beans

Its colourful, its attractive, hits your palate with the right spiced up flavours and above all, simply delicious with rice.

Hot Masala Lentil Soup

Chilli flakes and spices for spiciness and aroma and fresh coconut for creaminess.

Hummus

This is a great snack for any time of year. I personally serve it with Kalamata olives and sometimes even diced cucumber and/or bell pepper.…

Soup with beans and corn

This soup is creamy in texture, yet light, aromatic and completely vegetarian.

Cannellini bean, spinach and tomato soup

It’s delicious, comforting, simple and super easy to make.

Vermont Baked Beans

These are my favourite baked beans because they remain white when cooked and just sweet enough. I always double the recipe. Freezes well.

Artichoke & Red Bean Dip with Bread Crisps

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!

My Favorite Everyday Chili

There's nothing like a hearty warm bowl of chili. My son loves chili and loves scooping it with tortilla chips. I know some people serve chili over…

Crock pot lentil soup

I love lentil soup and I must not be alone in that love because when I used to buy canned soup I loved a particular brand’s lentil soup and it was…

Chicken Chili With Black Eyed Peas

Spicy and creamy dish with the fragrance of rosemary

Black Bean Burger

In an effort to eat healthier in the New Year, I decided to try my hand at making a black bean burger. Not too bad. I liked it a lot and this…

Pachai Payaru Kulambu (Green Moong Dal Curry)

Thick creamy aromatic curry; scented with curry leaves and ghee.