http://www.caryellis.com Get free recipes and heathy lifestyle tips! Today we are going to make a pinto bean recipe. One of the things that indigenous people have been eating for thousands of years is beans. Pinto beans have been used in Mexico for a long, long time and now are also popular particularly in the southwestern US. Mexican influenced cuisine is based around pinto beans, using them in many popular dishes including chili, tostadas, burritos, dips, and soups. The taste of pinto beans is only appealing when prepared and seasoned correctly. Turning dry pinto beans into moist, tender, delicious pinto beans is not hard.
A few simple techniques will help you cook pinto beans and we want to make sure that they are easy to digest. First, we take the beans and put them on a pot and fill it with water and soak them overnight from 12 to 24 hours. The beans begin to sprout which means that carbohydrates and protein will begin breaking down into simpler carbohydrates and protein which will become very easy for the digestive system to handle.
I started cooking pinto beans this morning. These are pinto beans which are one of the simple foods of the southwest and I will show you what ingredients I like to add. Ingredients actually come from the principle of creating a balance in our food that helps our immune system in making us more strong and healthy. Anti-viral, antibacterial, anti-fungal, herbs and spices make the beans taste good and make them a protective food!
First off, we are going to start with oregano, lots of oregano. Oregano is one of my key ingredients, Oregano has anti-viral that can kick herpes out of the system. Another is cumin, cumin is a spice often used in India, and commonly added to beans in Mexico (where there is almost NO CANCER), so let’s put a good heaping teaspoon of that in the pot. In this part of the country, chilis play an important role in our lives in the southwest and are very available, so I’ve gotmedium red chili here and I am going to put a full tablespoon of it. Look for chili’s at your market in the Mexican foods section or at your natural foods grocery.
Next add some onion powder or a diced onion. Another really great immune protective spice is any kind of curry mix, you can pick up any kind of curry mix you like and add a heaping teaspoon of that. All of these will disappear in the broth.
Next let’s add some good virgin olive oil and that will give a little bit of fat that our body really needs in order to deal with temperature changes and also makes the beans tasty. When in transition to a vegetarian diet, fat is often what we are craving when we think we want meat. So adding some olive oil to this hearty dish will make it more satisfying.
Whole ginger root is also another incredibly, nourishing preventive herb, spice and root. I have cut it into big chunks and we’ll add that to simmer in the broth. Then we add cilantro, sliced yellow peppers, a few cloves of garlic diced. Stir and let simmer on low temperature for 5-6 hours until the beans are really tender. Cooking beans with these really awesome herbs and spices, like oregano, cumin, curry powder, onion, garlic and ginger are added not only for flavor but also to make the beans really hearty for our immune system.
At the end we are going to add a few tablespoons soy sauce and also a little more olive oil. The beans are now ready to serve. They have been cooked all day long at a low temperature. You can do it on a crock pot, on a stove or whatever works best for you. If you’re gone to work all day a crockpot can make your work easy.
A great compliment to beans is, rice so make a nice pot for dinner to go with the beans. Use rice as the base and a nice serving of pinto beans on top, seasoned with all those great herbs and spices. And viola! A nice dinner which is just a sample of what is really going on at http://gethealthynowshow.com Visit us and learn about dietary transition, learn about healthy lifestyle and we’ll see you there!
Alt: Pinto bean soup: take out some of the beans to save for other dishes. Add extra water, a few veggies, a little more soy sauce and herbs if needed. Simmer till done. Be sure to visit us at http://www.caryellis.com for more great recipes and tips on healthy lifestyle!
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