Terre PruittBeans
Posted by terrepruitt on July 22, 2010
Beans are so good for you. I don’t like beans. Well, I like green beans. I like hummus. I can sometimes tolerate garbanzo beans in a green salad, but if there are too many, I push them off to the side. I don’t like legumes.
According to all the information I have seen in my fact finding mission for this post: beans help lower “bad cholesterol” by helping it out of the body. Beans have an excellent amount of fiber (really excellent amount fiber). Beans have a lot of protein. The ratio of fat to proteis is awesome. These are some of the reasons I think I need to learn like beans.
Let’s look at two examples the kidney bean and the garbanzo bean (also known as chickpeas)
Kidney beans – 1 cup has
Calories: 225
Protein: 15.3g
Carbohydrate: 40.4g
Total Fat: 0.88g
Fiber: 11.3g
Iron: 5.2 mg
Magnesium: 80 my
Folate: 229 mcg*
Garbanzo beans (canned), 1 cup has
Calories: 286
Protein: 11.8g
Carbohydrate: 54.3g
Total Fat: 2.7g
Fiber: 10.5g
Folate: 160 mcg
Vitamin B6: 1.13 mg
Vitamin C: 9 mg
Zinc: 2.54 mg*
My next post (Saturday) I will share a Bean Salad recipe. Come back and check it out!
*Source: Truthstar Health website
Some additional info at: WHFoods Kidney and WHFoods Garbanzo
Dani H said
I make my chili with dark red kidney beans. I grew up eating lima beans as an entree and multi-bean soups. I’ll be back for your Bean Salad recipe.
*Big Squishy Hugs* <3
terrepruitt said
Yeah, I don’t eat chili cuz I don’t like beans. Maybe I can start . . . . but I am not sure because it has tomatoes in it—usually and I am not a fan of cooked tomatoes. I just started eating the raws ones.
Thank you so much for being such a great support, Miss Dani. I really appreciate it!!!!!!
Mayank said
Hmmm Beans..Good and Nice Post….:)
Regards,
Mayank
terrepruitt said
Do you like beans?
Mayank said
Yes, I like Beans…:)
terrepruitt said
They are good for you.
How do you like to eat them?
Angelia Sims said
I like beans. All kinds of beans; black beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, navy beans, green beans, and edamami.
YUM! Of course, sometimes beans don’t like me
. If you’ve ever heard that song…..
terrepruitt said
Oh, but they DO like you. That is what is so GREAT about beans — FIBER, FIBER, FIBER.