Back in the old days settlers would come into town to pickup supplies. Some dried beans, rice, spices, and maybe some salted or smoked pork. Combined with a few other things and what was grown on the homestead. Include maybe a chicken or two, and they had the back bone of their diet. When you ...
My daughter and I both love a large bowl of beans. Add some cornbread, and you have a meal that is tasty and high in protein and fiber. Beans are also good sources of iron, B vitamins, and calcium, as well as complex carbohydrates. Most people will simply soak their dried beans overnight in water, ...
Lima beans– also called butter beans–are fast becoming a gardening favorite. This vegetable is native to Central America and South America and need fairly warm temperatures to grow. Plant lima beans after the last killing frost of spring. You can plant seeds indoors in starting trays or in a greenhouse three to four weeks before ...
Bean bag toys have been around for quite some time. They are one of the safest toys around for your children and pets to play with. The best thing about bean bag toys which are made at home is if they become worn or torn, you can reuse the dried bean filling to make another ...
Cinco De Mayo is a very entertaining and educational day where people celebrate the Hispanic heritage. Cinco De Mayo happens on the fifth day of May and is celebrated by music, food and dance within the Hispanic communities around the world. If you want to make an easy craft to help celebrate Cinco De Mayo, ...
