Quick and easy beans recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Yellow Split Peas with Vegetables (Dal Takari)

Wow, this is such a wonderful dish and so easy to cook! The keys to this dish are the yellow lentils, fried…

Pork and Hominy Chili

Rosemary-scented lentils and sausage

Best. lentils. Ever.

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.

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…

Cherokee Mojo Stew

This can be made with venison or goat, but doesn't play so well with chicken. A great stew to satisfy and pick most of the ingredients from your…

Falafel Salad

Apricot Pork and Beans

Pork and beans – an “All American” side dish that I gave a little tweak to recently. We love the white Great Northern beans and I used them in this…

Chickpeas Veggie Burger Patties

This recipe is perfect for camping trips because it doesn’t spoil fast and it is also very filling. I don’t normally fry veggies but I had to finish…

Egyptian Edamame Stew

Egyptian Edamame Stew is a spicy take on the traditional Egyptian classic "ful medames". This recipe uses Edamame which is fresh green soybeans. It…

Chickpeas with Chorizo

I absolutely loved this! I'm a huge fan of chorizo and this was great. I cheated though and used canned chickpeas, so I altered the recipe slightly…