Cooking pinto beans and lentils in a Crock-Pot makes for a nutritious, low-fat meal. From tenderizing dry beans with baking soda to managing soaking times, explore healthy ways to incorporate legumes into your weight-loss journey.
While you can cook them successfully on the stovetop, preparing them in a slow cooker is simple, requires little oversight and, with the optional addition of baking soda, yields soft, easily digestible legumes.
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Beans and other legumes, including lentils, soybeans and any other plant that has seed pods that split open when ripe, are an inexpensive source of low-fat and low-cholesterol protein, and an essential component of a healthy, varied diet. Consequently, a number of weight-loss plans feature beans as a key ingredient.
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Navy beans, also known as pea beans, are one legume that even infrequent bean eaters have experience with. They're the traditional bean used in baked beans and in the classic French dish cassoulet.
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