How to Cook Dried Beans and Eliminate the GAS in Cooked BEANS

the vegan basics

how to cook beans

buy great beans

the beans listed in the chart below are only the basics. there are other hybrid beans and heirloom varieties that be found on the internet

bean math

since beans must rehydrated

how to store beans

the bean sort

measure out the beans you will cook

bowl and sprinkle on the plate to search

damaged beans

pour the checked beans into a bowl

cover the beans

the flatulent bean soak

i can't eat beans

if you experience abdominal gas "flatulence" from eating beans

after inspecting the beans and rinsing them

soak the beans overnight... you'll see them double in size and most of the water will have been absorbed by morning

four times till the water runs clear

some beans require no soaking: black-eyed peas

why soaking beans eliminates gas

many readers have emailed me wanting to know why soaking the beans works. so here's a simple explanation

overnight soaking of garbanzo beans - gas bubbles being released in the water

bob's mill

you could damage teeth when eating them later