Showing posts with label Dry Bean Recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dry Bean Recipes. Show all posts

Monday, July 16, 2012

Canning Dry Beans

This weekend, Shane and I put up 7 quarts of kidney beans. Note: Before I started canning my dry beans I would be forever deciding I wanted beans for dinner too late to get them soaked and cooked. This way they are ready to go any time I want them.

Last time we processed beans, we followed the instructions in the Blue Book, and ended up swimming in par boiled beans. The recipe calls for 2 1/4 a pound dry beans per quart.  That is way Way WAY to much!!!

This time we did 3/4 a pound per quart and still had too many beans, but it wasn't nearly the disaster that the last time was.

I'd like to get another batch done this week. I think I'll go with 5 pounds for 7 quarts. We'll see how it goes.