{"id":14606,"date":"2020-08-13T14:46:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T14:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/?p=14606"},"modified":"2022-02-12T20:54:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T20:54:39","slug":"red-bean-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/2020\/08\/13\/red-bean-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"Red bean spread with dried tomato and carrots"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>Yoga Kitchen &#8211; Simple, healthy and vegan<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>A protein-rich vegetable spread or side dish, with red kidney beans as a star ingredient.<\/p>\n<p>Beans don&#8217;t have a sexy image. However, they are <strong>highly nutritious, rich in protein and fibre, and low in fat. <\/strong><br \/>\nThey fit well in a healthy and sports diet.<br \/>\nMoreover, they are a <strong> cheap<\/strong> source of vegetable protein.<br \/>\nYou basically have the option to buy dry beans, or canned beans.<br \/>\nThe canned beans are always pre-cooked, the dry beans you have to cook yourself.<br \/>\nA great advantage of dry beans is that you can buy them in bulk, so almost without packaging.<br \/>\nCanned beans give a lot of packaging waste. Moreover, it is a pure waste of metal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yk-hoebetalen\">\n<h4>Important!<\/h4>\n<p>Always cook beans until tender <strong>without adding salt.<\/strong> When you add the salt from the start, the beans will stay hard. Only add the salt after cooking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>What you need for approximately 730 gr of finished spread:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>120 gr red beans, dry<\/li>\n<li>40 gr dried tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>150 gr onion<\/li>\n<li>3 garlic cloves<\/li>\n<li>100 gr carrot<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons tamari, or sea salt to taste<\/li>\n<li>5 cm kombu seaweed (optional)<\/li>\n<li>15 gr fresh parsley<\/li>\n<li>a tablespoon of savory<\/li>\n<li>black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/RedBeanSpreadlongss_72.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14607\" src=\"http:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/RedBeanSpreadlongss_72-1024x342.jpg\" alt=\"Ingredients for the spread\" width=\"604\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/RedBeanSpreadlongss_72-1024x342.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/RedBeanSpreadlongss_72-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/RedBeanSpreadlongss_72-768x257.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/08\/RedBeanSpreadlongss_72.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>This is how you prepare it:<\/h4>\n<p>Let the red kidney beans soak all night or even 24 hours. Discard that soaking water and rinse the beans under the tap.<br \/>\nYou can also soak the dried tomato in a little water beforehand. But you can add this soaking water to the dish.<br \/>\nFinely chop all the vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>Preferably use a pressure cooker. Because you retain much more of the nutritional value and the cooking process takes much less time and energy.<\/p>\n<p>Cook the ingredients in a pressure cooker, in two stages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boil the beans first, without salt:<br \/>\nBring them to the boil in plenty of water (4 volumes of water for 1 volume of beans) without lid.<br \/>\nYou can remove any foam floating on top with a skimmer.<br \/>\nAdd the piece of seaweed and the savory and then close the pressure cooker.<br \/>\nLet the steam pressure build up and leave to boil for 45 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Open the pressure cooker after 45 minutes.<br \/>\nIf there is too much moisture, you can pour some of it away at this stage.<br \/>\nAdd the rest of the ingredients, except the fresh parsley.<br \/>\nLet the pressure build up again and cook for another 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let the mixture cool down a little, add the parsley, put everything in the food processor and mix until you get a smooth puree.<\/p>\n<p>You can store it in glass jars.<br \/>\nKeep them hermetically sealed in the fridge for at least another 10 days.<br \/>\nYou could also freeze the bean spread.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy it !<\/p>\n<div class=\"yk-hoebetalen\">\n<h4>Cans<\/h4>\n<p><strong>I personally think that tin cans are one of the biggest mistakes of modern consumer society.<\/strong> They are used at all times. Especially those <strong> beverages in cans<\/strong> are, if you think about it, a colossal skewing on a planetary scale. A gigantic pollution caused by the metal and packaging industry, just to pack a few sips of drink. And what&#8217;s more, you see them littered around all over the streets. Pure madness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Yoga Kitchen recipes\" href=\"http:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/nl\/de-recepten-van-yoga-kitchen\/\">Back to recipe overview<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoga Kitchen &#8211; Simple, healthy and vegan A protein-rich vegetable spread or side dish, with red kidney beans as a star ingredient. Beans don&#8217;t have a sexy image. However, they are highly nutritious, rich in protein and fibre, and low in fat. They fit well in a healthy and sports diet. 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