With Cinco de Mayo a week away, it’s time to dig out your favorite pinto bean dish to serve to friends or family. But instead of using canned beans, consider trying your hand at cooking with dry pinto ...

In our Thrifty Thursday, Megan Myrdal, with Northarvest Bean Growers Association, showed us how easy it can be to cook with dry beans vs. canned beans. Megan says, dry beans are an incredibly ...

Grocery shoppers have been stocking up on non-perishable pantry items, as it looks like the coronavirus crisis could have us hunkering down at home for a while. One items a lot of home cooks don’t ...

Pinto beans are tan-colored, oval-shaped beans with specks of reddish-brown. Metaphorically, each pinto bean resembles a painting, and in Spanish "pinto" means painted. Pinto beans are a staple in ...

The time has come. You’ve cooked everything in the fridge, anything halfway palatable in the freezer and cupboard, and the only thing standing between you and a pandemic panic trip to the grocery ...

Q. I cooked a big batch of pinto beans and now I can’t use them right away. Can I freeze them? A. Yes, you can freeze cooked beans. In fact, that’s a good tip for saving energy and money. Dried beans ...