Red Bean and Bacon Soup

besides tortilla soup and like roast? i love to cook, but for days that i need to just throw something in the crockpot while i am at work, i need some new ideas. i do the tortilla soup, i do roast, i do chicken with bell peppers……so i need something new and different. please help!

I have a lot of spices, but don’t really know what would go well with kidney beans.

I need soemthing that its very cheap and filling that little children will enjoy.

I have an abundance of the red, white and pinto beans, all dry. Does anyone have a recipe using these beans or combination thereof? I can cook them any way but a pressure cooker. Thanks for your help!

I live in central california and today is the first day of rain.
I think its a good idea to start using the crock pot for this rainy day weather
Do you have a good slow cooker recipe for soups and or chili’s?
Thank You in advance

Whenever my mum arrives home later than normal, I usually just have a ready-made meal from the supermarket, but I want to try something different. I’m a decent cook, able to follow instructions etc, and I like basically all food.

So does anyone know some simple recipies that I can make, mainly using basic ingredients most people would have in their fridges?

Thanks to anyone who replies.

I should start out saying I’m no country cook by a great mile. The way I’ve always made it like my dad did, I start by cooking diced potatoes until they’re tender but still firm, then make a white sauce and add the potatoes, some bacon or ham, onions and yellow wax beans. It’s good but always a little starchy. I use either cornstarch or flour to make the sauce, whichever is handy. Is that my problem? The excellent cooks here have always given me good advice in the past, so I’m counting on you!

I got the 15 bean soup dry beans bag, and the instructions say to clean the bag of debris.

How do I do this? It seems like a pain. Do I have to take each bean out of the bag?

Can I dump them in a metal strainer and rinse?

How do you clean the beans without it being a hassle?

Thanks!

I am just getting started and would like to find a recipe book with easy recipes with non processed foods. Or if someone has any easy great tasting recipes, that would be great also. High protein / low carb and fat would be great as well.

are kidney beans from a can already cooked just need to be heated or are they considered raw?

I’m a vegetarian, but I grew up in the South, and bacon and bacon grease were in our bean soups, split-pea soups, collards, gravies. So while I don’t miss murdering hogs, I do miss whatever ingredient was in the pork that gave it the “bacon” flavor–I know it didn’t come from the flesh itself. Anyone know what spices are used to create that flavor?

I have a huge bottle of Chi-Chi’s Salsa left that I want to use up before the end of this year. I am hoping to cook dishes that are rich in veggies and beans and complement whole grains. Thank you in advance!

Im making an alternative cook-book and would like recipes that are made often.
For people who wish to be aggressive and not helpful at all, this post was to explain the nature of the book. The alternative i mentioned is for people who cannot tolerate certain foods, so you alter favorites to suit their needs. No need to be rude for a simple question. Many thanks to those who do offer wonderful suggestions and not haggling over the nature of the question that they so narrow mindedly attack.

my boyfriend and i just bought a house we are finally unpacked and having my family over for a bbq but i have no idea what to make besides the meat. it was easier when my mom told me what to bring when we went to her house. i need side dish ideas!! please help. i want them to have a good first impression of my home.

I’m trying an experiment now with the leaves, baking them into some cheddar bread. I’m planning on mixing the leaves into a spinach salad as well. And I plan on trying them with potatoes and bacon tomorrow.

Any good recipes anyone can share?

Looking for some quick, delicious meals that are not too expensive. Please, no hamburger helper ideas.
Everything sounds delicious so far. Thanks everybody that contributed. It’s a lifesaver.

I know the famous white trash version, with the condensed soup and the French’s onions, but I want an alternative. Anyone know how I can retain this concept (and still use the onions) without using condensed soup? I avoid it because of the sodium, plus I’d rather use less processed ingredients. Except for the onion bits.

My family is a very big Italian family. So I like to cook my food and have it taste good too. School lunches are terrible, so I was wondering if there were any Italian recipes I could take to school. Anything like soup because I have a thermos or something that doesn’t need heating.

Well I am a college student that is moving on my own. I’d like to see what are some good budget meals i can make. I hate eatting out because how pricey it is. BTW these meals should be for 2 people.

I have acid reflux and irritable bowel syndrome. I cannot eat anything spicey or with any kind of peppers in it. Can I make a vegetarian Black Bean soup that tastes good without tomatoes, cayene, or anything else spicey or highly acidic? I can eat onions and garlic just no tomatoes, peppers, or chili powder.

My Carribean friend said his mum used Okra to thicken stews and soups.
But he did not know how much was used.
How do I use it and how do I prepare it?