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The results of the recent mini poll Do you eat tinned (canned) food? showed that our top 4 choices for tinned food are Tomatoes (92.3%), Beans and pulses (84.6%), Soup (76.9%), Fish/shellfish (76.9%) Tomatoes - hardly surprising as tinned tomatoes are so useful in all kinds of sauces and...

Black beans bring a wonderful smoky flavour to chilli and I think they work much better than traditional red kidney beans. Here, I've used specialist dried chillies (Aji Limon) but more often than not I just use hot chilli powder. Browning the meat isn't necessary, which is something I learned...

Ingredients 4 Garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 25 mm Cube fresh ginger, coarsely chopped 500 gm Potatoes, scrubbed 4 tblsp Olive oil 200 gm Onions, chopped 1 tsp Chili powder 1 tsp Coriander seeds, ground 1 tsp flour 4 tblsp Plain yoghurt 300 gms Tomatoes, peeled and chopped 300 gms Yardlong...

Turmeric has a delicate aromatic earthy taste and this recipe is designed to bring that to the fore by minimising on the other spices used. Ghee seems to emphasise the aromatic quality of the turmeric, so use it if you can. Serves 2. Ingredients 1 aubergine 100g mung beans 5-6 cherry...

Beans and Greens or a take on good, old-fashioned potage. Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 40-50 minutes Servings: 1 as a main course, or 2 as a starter Ingredients 1 tsp olive oil 1 onion, coarsely chopped 1 large carrot, coarsely chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 150 g...

OK, I'll confess now. I haven't made the Savoury Herb Dumplings this way for a long time, usually I just use a savoury scone mixture and add herbs to it, making more of a cobbler. But given that there is a certain competition going on and this is such an easy recipe that can be added to...

I came across this recipe whilst looking for my Persian bean soup recipe from my Veggistan book which sadly it's in a shipping container being shipped from the UK to Australia. I had thought it would have been an ideal recipe for the current CookingBites recipe challenge but... instead I found...

This is a simple dish, but hearty and oh so tasty! Ingredients for two people: Two cans of butter beans or cannellini beans or a mix of the two as we did Six tomatoes cut into pieces Two tablespoons of double concentrate tomato paste A dash of white wine vinegar A couple of sprinklings of...

Ingredients Cake 473.18 ml sugar 9.85 ml baking powder 9.85 ml cinnamon 473.18 ml flour 9.85 ml baking soda 2.46 ml salt 236.59 ml vegetable oil 4 eggs 453.59 g pork & beans 226.79 g crushed pineapple Frosting 226.79 g cream cheese 9.85 ml vanilla extract 118.29 ml butter 453.59 g box...

Ingredients Baked beans from a can ( or haricot beans soaked overnight) Tinned tomatoes Onion Garlic milk , flour, butter (for the white sauce or buy by the jar ) lasagna sheets salt and pepper to taste grated cheese Method 1) fine dice the onion and add to a pan and cook for a few minutes 2)...

Required Equipment Frying pan with lid. Cast iron if possible. The Recipe You don’t need to follow this exactly. 1lb Mince (Quorn mince works too) 1 onion 3 potatoes, chopped about 1inch square 1 can green beans 1 can baked beans 1 can kidney beans 1 can tomato soup 1 can sweet corn 1 can of...

Sausage & Bean Hotpot by BrainBanquet posted Jun 15, 2016 at 11:29 AM A really tasty recipe, simple to make and the kids love it. I usually leave out the black treacle as it doesn't seem to need it (plus black treacle always seems to be one of those things that hangs around the store cupboard...

Ingredients 10 oz (285g) Applesauce 10 oz (285g) Pork and beans Directions 1. Blend all the ingredients in a food processor until smooth. 2. Serve. 3. Enjoy! http://ifood.tv/applesauce/219956-baked-beans-and-applesauce-smoothie

Well here comes the first recipe for the current ingredient for the challenge. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/recipes/potato-bean-stew/14488/ Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, chopped (1 1/2 to 2 cups) 2 teaspoons chili powder, preferably chipotle chili powder...

(also called fasolada, fassolatha, fassolada, or φασολάδα) Ingredients 1 lb dried beans 3 quarts water Celery to taste 2 tbsp tomato purée 2 large onions 2 large chopped carrots Handful chopped parsley ½ cup olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Soak the beans overnight, then rinse...

Ingredients 2 cans of store bought enchilada sauce 1 can spicy re fried beans 1 package of shredded spicy cheese 1 pack of small corn tortillas vegetable oil to fry with Preheat oven to 350 fry the tortillas in vegetable oil on medium heat 10 sec on both sides then dry them off with paper...

'Please Don't Eat the Daisies' is a well known song from a film of the same title starring Doris Day. I now have it as an ear-worm! If you want to hear it I've attached a youtube file below. In fact, you can eat daisies. You can eat the leaves in salad and the flower petals can be sprinkled...

I was thinking about the latest challenge ingredient (pasta) and decided to come up with something slightly different. I'm not in a position to try this out easily at the moment, but have an idea of two that might let me, served with a normal tomato and basil sauce. There are several steps to...

Have you noticed, the current ingredient for The CookingBites Recipe Challenge is pasta? We are looking for your entries! I've been trying out lots of ideas but I've discovered that its actually quite difficult to make pasta dishes look original... so I turned to the garden and edible flowers. I...

Can anyone answer me a quick question. I grew a few beans last year, watered them, then when the pods dried out I put the dry beans in a bottle. I read somewhere though, that you should not even water the bean plants through the growing season if you want to dry store them. Is this correct...