For ham and bean soup, you may already have your favorite beans ready to go in your pantry. But, for the best result, these ...

Colorado produces a wide range of bean varieties including pinto, light red kidney and black, and the state ranks eighth nationally in dry bean production. Beans are fat free, high in fiber, rich in ...

This creamy, pureed bean soup gets some heft from cubes of smoked ham and paprika-dusted croutons. Grace Parisi a former senior test kitchen editor for Food & Wine, where she wrote several successful ...

Breana Lai Killeen, M.P.H., RD, is a food editor, recipe developer, farmer and dietitian who has worked in all facets of the food world. She has more than 20 years of experience cooking professionally ...

Rinse dried beans and peas twice, discarding any that are discolored or float to surface. Soak dried beans and peas in cold water a minimum of 4 hours, preferably overnight. NOTE: Soak black beans ...

During the holiday, don't throw out that ham bone! Ham bones make the best soup broth; bean soup is my favorite. Grandma ...

Remember when Euell Gibbons made the Johnny Carson show just by claiming, har-har, that dandelions were edible? What a goof he was! Well, guess what. My local supermarket has had big stacks of ...

Simple hearty soups are just the ticket on cool winter evenings. Thanks to canned beans and packaged ham, you can pull one together in no time after a long day at work. Keep some canned goods on hand, ...