How to make beans user friendly.

When you eat too many refined foods, our bodies no longer have the enzymes to properly digest high in fiber beans and grains.  Here are some tips to help you overcome that three letter word GAS.

• Overnight Soak: wash and sort beans, place in large bowl or pan with 6 cups of water per pound of beans. Let soak over night.  Dump water and use fresh water to cook.
• Quick Soak:  follow the above instructions, but bring beans and water to a boil and cook 2 minutes.  Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 1 hour. Dump water and use fresh water to cook.

To make extra sure you are degassing your beans try the sprouted process because it develops enzymes to help digest beans more easily, just follow the over night soak instructions, rinse beans well and add more water to the beans and put the in the refrigerator for another 8 hours or so. Dump the water and use fresh water to cook.

Cooking Times for soaked beans
Black Beans  1 to 1 1/2 hrs
Black-Eyed Peas  1 to 1 1/2 hrs
Garbanzo beans  2 to 2 1/2 hrs
Great Northern beans  1 to 1 1/2 hrs
Kidney beans  1 1/2 to 2 hrs
Lentils  30 min. (no soaking required)
Pinto beans  1 1/2 to 2 hrs
Soy beans  3 to 3 1/2 hrs
Split Peas  35 to 35 min. (no soaking required)
White Navy beans  1 to 1 1/2 hrs