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

Red Beans and Rice

Comfort food from New Orleans.

Fresh Pintos

My grandmother Manuela taught me how to make these. She used to serve them in her restaurant in Mexico. A simple recipe which can be served as a…

Ground Chicken and Bean Bake

I’ve had a dish like this many times before, usually at potlucks or picnics, but this was the first time that I tried to make it with chicken…

Quick Baked Beans

This is a baked bean dish that is sweetened with maple syrup only. No ketchup or processed sugar.

Southern BBQ Baked Beans

This one takes a little time but it's worth it.

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…

Slow Cooked Sweet Baked Beans

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

Bean Gratin

This delicious and healthy recipe can be made with any variety of white bean, dried or canned. I used dried cannellini beans. Great Northern beans…

Old school Pinto Beans

Best old school beans ever!

Spicy Black Eyed Peas

Very spicy Black eyed peas. If you want more heat add the cayenne if you dare!!!!

Four Bean Casserole

Crunchy Green Bean Salad

madhur jaffrey's chana dal

Spicy Chickpea & Long Beans

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