The Mediterranean Diet by Marissa Cloutier

Author:Marissa Cloutier
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780061747571
Publisher: HarperCollins

Full of Beans

Whether you love beans or fear their aftereffects, they are undeniably a rich source of protein, fiber, minerals, vitamins like folate, and phytochemicals like flavonoids. Beans are just one type of legume, a category that also includes peas and lentils. For thousands of years all over the world, people have relied on legumes for survival. They are low in calories, high in nutrition, and much less expensive than meat. They are also delicious and extremely versatile, adding flavor and interest to an astounding variety of foods. Whether you prefer dry or canned, plain or fancy, try to include legumes in your daily diet or at the minimum, three times per week. Legumes come in many shapes and sizes. Follow package directions for cooking instructions. If you are a beginner and a bit bean-wary, order some bean-based dishes in restaurants first. You’ll know a professional is preparing them. Try beans in your own homemade soups, on salads, in casseroles, rolled in tortillas, tossed with stubby pasta, or mixed with rice.

Mediterranean or not, include a variety of legumes for a diet in the Mediterranean spirit, such as black beans, black-eyed peas, cannellini beans, chickpeas, cranberry beans, fava beans, flageolets, great northern beans, lentils, lima beans, navy beans, peas, pink beans, pinto beans, red kidney beans, red beans, and split peas.

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