beans – Edventures

Legumes – the 3Es with beans (part II)

Kristian Still 15 Aug ’23 21 Aug ’23

Now for the hands-on 3Es and fun part. Beans are starkly colourful or at least contrasting (eg black beans, avocado, tomato and sweetcorn salad), so versatile, taking on whatever Italian, Spanish, Mexican (chipotle paste), Moroccan (harrissa paste) or Indian flavours …

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Legumes – starting with beans (part I)

Kristian Still 13 Aug ’23 16 Aug ’23

Eat more legumes. Eat more legumes and beans (the focus on this post) per day for higher intakes of insoluble and soluble fibre and polyphenols (more fibre and polyphenols are always signpost for a healthier gut microbiome and immunity), protein, …

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