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Beans beans beans. Despite all the boy-humor about beans, beans are good for you. High fiber, low fat, tasty and cheap. In the past few days, I’ve cooked 4 (that’s f.o.u.r) pounds of small navy beans. That sounds incredible doesn’t it. Say it with me – four pounds of navy beans. Two pounds went into a test batch of baked beans. The other two pounds went into a batch of classic navy bean soup. It’s all good.

I did the baked beans in the crock pot, and I have to say that they’re good, but I prefer a thicker, how shall I say, spreadable kind of baked bean. These weren’t soupy but there wasn’t anything holding the beans together.

The bean soup looks like a great success. The beans are cooked and the soup is smelling good. I removed some of the beans and pureed them so the soup is thicker. I KNEW I should have bought that conical strainer. I just want it. The little cuisinart did a fine job though.

I’m about halfway through truing up all those pink and green squares.

Bought a couple new books today and so I think I’ll listen to the weather report and then curl up with one of them and a glass of wine. Wild living? You be the judge.