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Reduce the amount of meat in recipes by substituting beans instead. Black beans are great in tacos and nachos and they help reduce the cost of the meal. If using refried beans, be sure to look at the ingredients first! Most of them contain lard! Use vegetarian varieties for a healthier Mexican meal choice.

By Terri from Illinois

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Mary

I keep a large container in the freezer section of my fridge.  Anytime I have a few veggies leftover after dinner, a small piece of meat, a bit of tomato, a bit of celery, etc, even a little brown gravy or tomato sauce - in the container it goes.  When it is full, I make a pot of soup, adding more to make a full pot.  I have saved all those "scraps" from going down the disposal and have lots of extras in my soup!

posted on 8/3/2010 6:08:11 PM

 
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Vicky

I love beans too!! Great now I am hungry!!

posted on 7/19/2010 10:37:02 AM

 
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Sandy

when we have what we call the big salad,i add kidney beans,verry good 4 u and add flover.Wink

posted on 7/16/2010 9:02:01 AM

 
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Nora

Love beans. I eat beans at least 4 times a week

posted on 7/15/2010 8:50:05 AM

 
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Rachel

I do this alot. I love beans. The fiber beans have are a great added value to nutrition

posted on 7/15/2010 8:45:23 AM

 
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Stacy

I also love beans! I have used refried beans (vegetarian) in tacos and think they taste okay. (my vegetarian daughter loves it!) I really like to make barley pilaf. I found the recipe on dlife.com. Very yummy!

posted on 7/14/2010 5:39:24 PM

 
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Erin

we use black beans in everything. Kidney beans as well. My 2 year old loves black beans! A plus in my book! Now to get th 5 year old to eat them...

posted on 7/14/2010 12:44:46 PM

 
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N

We use black beans all the time

posted on 7/13/2010 6:09:35 PM

 
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Jamie

I love black beans in anything! I use them in soups, tacos, salads, etc

posted on 7/10/2010 11:05:46 PM

 
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K

Dried old fashioned rolled oats, not the flavored kinds, works well mixed in with ground beef in meatloafs. 

posted on 7/10/2010 10:57:10 PM

 
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Dawn

Use them as much as possible. My kids love beans, so it works out well.

posted on 7/10/2010 5:10:57 PM

 
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Glenda

I recently tried this in sloppy joes.  My family never even noticed.  We like using lentils in our tacos. Yummy.

posted on 7/10/2010 2:22:51 PM

 
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Silvia

Great Idea thanks for the tip.

posted on 7/10/2010 1:10:41 PM

 
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Rachael

Great idea. I do this alot with rice but forgot totally about black beans. With a teenage boy in the house I am always looking for cheap healthy filler foods!

posted on 7/10/2010 10:42:26 AM

 
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Laurel

Actually, I prefer black beans in my burritos. I think they taste great. We also put them in our homemade chili.

posted on 7/10/2010 12:49:13 AM

 

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