Recipe: Five Easy Ways to Add Beans (spreads, grilling, canned soups, salads, smoothies)

FIVE EASY WAYS TO ADD BEANS

1. Spreads - Try pureed beans as a healthy sandwich spread.

2. Grilling - Add pureed or mashed beans to homemade hamburger patties for a flavor and nutritional boost.

3. Canned soups - Make any canned soup healthier and heartier by adding 1 can or 1 1/2 cups of cooked beans. For example, add Kidney beans to vegetable beef soup or Navy beans to potato soup.

4. Salads - Sprinkle any side-salad or main-dish salad with beans, from Black beans to Kidney beans to Garbanzo beans.

5. Smoothies - Up the nutritional value of your smoothie by adding pureed beans.

Source: American Bean Board