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Healthy Winter Meals
Our favorite winter recipes are rich, delicious, and hearty that stick to your ribs and help keep your warm on those brutal winter nights. The only problem? They may not be the healthiest. While salads are great and all, when it is single-digit temperatures outside it...
Kidney Bean Jambalaya
by Kate Vaynshteyn (www.babaganosh.org) Down in New Orleans, February is a big month for one big reason: Mardi Gras! Translated in in French to “Fat Tuesday”, this massive holiday is an all-out celebration with origins of eating your last meal of richer foods before...
Beans in the Blue Zones
Have you heard of the Blue Zones? The Blue Zones refer to several specific regions around the world including Sardinia, Italy, Okinawa, Japan, Loma Linda, California, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, and Icaria, Greece (which we actually talked about in an article a...
Creamy White Chicken Chili Mac
Chili and macaroni are one of those simply unbeatable food combinations, right up there with ham and beans, peanut butter and jelly, and so many others! When the temperature starts dropping, the days get shorter, and the snow starts falling, that is when you know you...
Chili Season Recipe Roundup
What better way to bring in the new year than with a great big bowl of chili!? New Years always coincides with our favorite time of year – chili season! The weather is cold and frigid, making it the perfect time to stay inside, bundle up, and warm you body and soul...
Eat Beans, Feel Good!
The holiday season is a wonderful time of year in so many ways, but it can often be a difficult time for many folks. The shifting season makes the temperature colder, days drearier, shorter, and greatly limits the amount of sunlight we get on a regular basis. These...
Black Bean Sweet Potato Chicken Stew
by Kate Vaynshteyn (www.babaganosh.org) Winter is the best time of year to enjoy a great big pot of hearty bean stew! For a special time of year, our friend Kate Vaynshteyn put together something really, really special. This brand-new recipe for her black bean sweet...
Last-Minute Dinner Baked Beans
Let’s face it: the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. You may have been planning a grand weeknight meal for your family, but then life gets in the way. Maybe you forgot to thaw out the chicken from the freezer, or you got caught at the office late, or...