I found a recipe online for refried beans in a crock pot. I wasn't crazy about the recipe so I didn't use it(it was a fat free thing and included too many hot peppers for my liking) but the cooking time and amount of water were helpful. This morning I placed 3 cups of pinto beans, 9 cups of water, a dash of cumin, a few dehydrated onion flakes, and one chopped up clove of garlic in my slow cooker on high. Since my slow cooker gets crazy hot after 4 hours I turned it down to low and added another cup of water. 3 hours later I drained the beans.
And whoa there was a lot more of them!Then I threw the beans in my mixer with 1/2 a stick of margarine chopped up and a handful of cheddar and another handful of mozzarella cheese and turned the mixer on. Next I added salt and pepper to taste and a little more cheese and the result was delicious goodness! Ok the picture does not do justice to the tastiness of the beans.
We are having bean burritos for dinner but I couldn't wait so I had a little snack of one already. Yum, yum, yum.
Now if catastrophe strikes I have one recipe to make from my food storage :)
6 comments:
Wow I'm impressed! I didn't know dried beans could look so good! I've been thinking about trying new things with my food storage so I actually know what I'm doing when a disaster hits-but sometimes everything just looks so blah. This made me more excited-thanks!
Nice! I'm impressed :) So far I just use my oats. What can I say, I'm not a big rice and beans person. You're father would be so proud!
Looks very tasty!
Yum! Those look good.
I have a TON of dried beans and never even think of using them.
Junior!
I just realized this was YOUR blog!!! Grace is, seriously, ADORABLE...but then I could have guessed she would be with your family's STUNNING blond hair.
way to go! I have sooo many dried beans and I have NO clue what I would ever do with them. thanks for the idea!
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