This delicious healthy meal idea will skyrocket your weight loss efforts, and please your appetite too.

It doesn’t get any easier than this. A 1 pot meal in a slow cooker…

To lose weight and get a lean body I offer a lot of suggestions to prepare more food at home…

It only takes a few minutes to plan ahead. Really.

And guess what, you’ll save a lot of mula this way too.

Get super easy time saving and money saving ideas while preparing healthy fat burning meals…

Note, For my delicious, fat burning bean soup recipe, scroll down.

Want to know how amazingly inexpensive preparing beans can be?

Check it out…

 

A price breakdown

1 bag of dried black beans costs $1.89 at the fancy-pants grocery store, while It costs $0.89 at our local farm we go to.

Now, contrast those stats with this…

1 can of organic black beans at Trader Joe’s costs $0.99. (probably better price than you’d find at a big chain supermarket)

 

Conclusion:

1 dried bag of black beans (16 oz) = 3 cans (15 oz each).

Which means even if you buy over-priced dried black beans you will save some money.

And don’t forget about the time saving benefits of cooking ahead. The versatility and health benefits of beans. And, this way you know what’s in your food…

 

How to make beans in your slow cooker…

What you need:

bag of black beans (or other beans).

Note, kidney and red beans have a kind of freaky toxin I was reading about so, if you are using red or kidney beans, you need to boil your beans rapidly on the stove for at least 10 minutes to kill a possible toxin lurking in the beans. It’s better to be safe than sorry!).

–water –Slow Cooker (4 quarts and up)

 

What to do:

First step to dealing with dried beans is to pre-rinse and to soak…

Pour the entire bag of dried beans into a colander and rinse under cold water. If you see any beans that have broken in half, or skin that floats to the surface, get rid of it. Also pick out any beans that look shriveled and gross.

Soak overnight

Dump all the beans into your slow cooker. Add enough water to cover all the beans and an additional 2 inches.

Cover. Do not turn on. Let the beans soak for at least 6 hours, or overnight. If you live in a very warm area, and the slow cooker won’t be in a room that is climate-controlled, put the stoneware in the fridge. You don’t want bacteria to have the opportunity to grow.

In the morning, dump the water, and rinse your beans. The water will be bean-colored.

Put the beans back into your slow cooker and cover with enough fresh water to completely cover the beans with an extra 2-3 inches.

Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.

The beans are done when they are bite-tender. Don’t worry if the water hasn’t all absorbed. You’re going to dump it, anyway.

Drain the beans.

When cool, put 1 2/3 cups of beans into storage containers or freezer bags (you’re adding this amount because you aren’t adding filler-liquid like the cans have). The beans will store nicely in the refrigerator for 1 week, or in the freezer for 6 months.

Now you can use as you would canned beans in your favorite recipes.

 

A healthy delicious bean soup

I drained the beans and put half in the freezer for future use.

Then, I placed the remaining beans back in to the slow cooker and added organic, free range chicken broth (about 2 cups) and A pinch of good quality sea salt,

2 TBS each of onion and garlic powder,

¼ TSP oregano,

¼ of thyme,

A bay leaf,

¼ of pepper,

Also 2 free range sausages chopped, (optional)

And some roughly chopped kale and collard greens I got at a local farm (any vegetable will do).

I’ll let this simmer for a couple of hours to let the veggies soften up and give the spices a chance to mingle.

Note, feel free to experiment with the spices you like and the vegies you like. You can’t go wrong.

Do you love baked chicken like I do?

Here’s the most delicious, easy to make, baked chicken recipe I’ve ever found.

I prepare it on the weekend or in the slow cooker during week days.

The house smells heavenly too.

After the first wonderful meal I then de-bone the rest and freeze for future, quick and easy meals. This lasts my husband and I 2 weeks or so.

Click here to get this free, amazing baked chicken recipe.

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