Cooking dried beans can be tricky ... I’m sharing this handy chart of cooking times for nine different types of beans because I do have several varieties in my pantry. Soak them, or don ...

Eastern Washington and Idaho are major producers of dried beans. Dried beans are nutritional and economical gold nuggets.

Why do people soak beans before cooking them? Does it give any benefits? What about soaking lentils and dried peas? The short answer is that soaking beans, though not needed, has many advantages ...

starting with whether or not you need to soak dried beans before cooking. And as you may have guessed from title, the answer is no, but read on to find out why it's okay to skip that step.