food rave of the day (3/12): beans

[pink-o]

21. Never met a bean or a nut I didn't love

I think I was born in the wrong part of the world: I hated every western dish put in front of me when I was a kid. My parents were the greatest generation, so we always had some high-end meat for Sunday dinner to prove that we were truly out f depression and war sacrifices. I rejected it all for baked beans--considered po' peoples's food in the 60s. The 'rents were appalled.

I finally stopped being a "picky eater" when I discovered ethnic foods became a vegetarian--diets that are mostly beans and grain. Add all the yummy fresh fruits and veggies, I'm never bored with what I eat anymore.

Oh, and you forgot to mention edamame! Delicious little buds of pure protein: what more could you want? A salad w/that, kidneys, garbanzos and some spinach is what's for dinner in my house!