Large dried lima beans are a good base for this simple dish. When cooked, the beans have a rich, almost meaty taste to them and enough heft to make this a main-course salad. Be sure to reserve ...

White Bean Toast, Lima Bean Soup, Lentil Loaf, and Black Bean Brownies are recipes you can count on for nutrition, flavor and affordability.

Adapted from a recipe by chefs Helene Kennan and Terri Buzzard at the Getty Center, where it is made with fresh Christmas lima beans, a specialty bean available in season at farmers markets.

Creamy Lima Beans Dried lima beans, with their abundant starch, turn rich and creamy with long cooking; this recipe calls for the smaller limas often labeled baby lima beans or butterbeans because ...

Dried lima beans, with their abundant starch, turn rich and creamy with long cooking; this recipe calls for the smaller limas often labeled baby lima beans or butterbeans because they cook a bit ...

Dried lima beans, with their abundant starch, turn rich and creamy with long cooking; this recipe calls for the smaller limas often labeled baby lima beans or butterbeans because they cook a bit ...

Dried lima beans, with their abundant starch, turn rich and creamy with long cooking; this recipe calls for the smaller limas often labeled baby lima beans or butterbeans because they cook a bit ...

Whether you want a refreshing (mostly) meatless main, a light side or easy potluck dish, bean salads offer fresh flavor and are packed with plenty of fiber and protein.

Dried vs. Canned Beans Bean debates (a thing that exists!) typically boil down to dried vs. canned beans, with both offering their own advantages and disadvantages. Dried beans are more economical ...

Creamy Lima Beans makes for a smooth side as well as a base ingredient to other recipes. Dried lima beans, with their abundant starch, turn rich and creamy with long cooking.

As the dried beans cook, that starch goes from chalky to creamy, yielding tender, velvety beans in a creamy, buttery-tasting suspension.