Dried Beans-what to do?

[stefan29]

I have large quantities of dried cranberry beans, dark red kidney beans, white runner beans and scarlet runner beans. I need ideas or recipes for anyone one or all of these. I am drowning in beans..please help me out!!!

[scorpioscuba]

I just cooked up a big batch of borlotti beans (a version of cranberry beans). I made some bean and cheese burritos for a light dinner and tomorrow I plan to use the rest for some bbq baked beans for our Father's Day BBQ. I would just cook up a batch of the beans at a time and try different things. Soups, salads, etc. You can do so much. The great thing about dried beans is they have a long shelf life so take your time and experiment.

Check out this website for some ideas:
www.ranchogordo.com

[Doreen]

Even in summer, I make Borlotti bean and farro soup (also from ranchogordo). You can freeze the beans after they are cooked and cooled to just pull out when you want.

[Antilope]

Here are about 50 dried bean recipes at Recipezaar.com
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php...

[Halie]

soup, on top of salads.