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All These Recipes from Beans?!?
Incredibly, deliciously, YES!

What better ways to get the best from the bean? Bring the healthy bounty of the bean to all corners of your table with these easy recipes for luscious chocolate tortes, fresh salads, flavorful pastas, satisfying soups and stews, moist coffee cakes, even brownies—all making the most of the bean. Here’s a sampling of the recipes you’ll find inside:

Crab and Black Bean Bisque * Mocha Lentil Cake * White Bean and Banana Breakfast Fritters * Spiral Pasta with Asparagus and Butter Beans * Double Chocolate Walnut Black Bean Bread * Island Baked Beans * Bean, I Mean, Cream Puffs

Taking the bean from peasant fare to epicurean adventure, these recipes come to us from author Suzanne Caciola White’s friends and family, from her own hearth and table, and from fellow chefs who share her passion for the healthful, beautiful bean.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #409160 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 218 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780895260710
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Publishers Weekly
With the popularity of low-carb diets increasing, beans have moved to the forefront of many Americans’ diets. High in protein and easily grown and stored, beans are also fat free and have a high fiber content. Bean-lover and former charter boat chef White shares dozens of recipes that feature beans as their primary ingredient, placing equal emphasis on various types of beans, including black, white, garbanzo and red beans, as well as lentils. Ethnic dishes, such as Puerto Rican Garbanzos Fritos, and Zuppa Di Fagioli Alla Toscana, appear alongside American favorites like Red and White Chili, and Kidney Bean Salad. Most of the recipes are delightful, although some might raise eyebrows, such as Fake ‘Em Out Fudge (made with black beans, butter, cocoa, vanilla, powdered sugar and walnuts). White also includes a standard bean soaking and cooking table, and a nutritional guide for diverse varieties of white and red beans.
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About the Author
From waitress to restaurant owner to head chef aboard the Chesapeake Bay charter skipjack Oyster Catcher, Suzanne Caciola White has been lovingly preparing and serving food for over two decades. When not sailing the seas in search of new flavors—and friends to share them with—Suzanne and her husband live aboard their sailboat in Virginia.

Customer Reviews

A cookbook lover's dream!
This cookbook is not only full of fabulous bean recipes, it is a fun read as well! I love Suzanne's suggestions, helpful hints, and the extras about friends and family who lovingly inspired her along the way.

As a bean LOVER, I am delighted by all the extremely creative recipes - and I'm anxious to try out the desserts! One of my favorite things about this cookbook is the set-up. Instead of the traditional cookbook method of chapters grouped into "appetizers", "entrees", "desserts", etc. - each chapter in this book is dedicated to ONE bean variety. So for example, with black beans - you will find all the appetizers, entrees, desserts, etc. IN the black bean chapter! I thought this was great - no digging through the "desserts" chapter to find where the black bean desserts are!

I highly recommend this cookbook - there is literally something for everyone. It makes healthy eating FUN - thank you Suzanne!

What a fun cookbook!
I've found ways to get my kids to eat beans. Suzanne's recipes for desserts and breads using beans are ingenious. And for adults who are looking for ways to eat less meat there is plenty of inspiration. I created a Superbowl party menu using bean enchiladas as the entree and "Bean,I mean CreamPuffs" for dessert. The meal was a hit. You won't be disappointed in this book. I am buying them for my friends and for my sister, who is a dietician.

Recipes are as delicious as they are easy.
This book is high on my list when advising my nutritional clients to include more fiber in their diet. Yes, I always get the look that says "Oh! What about the gas?". Fortunately, the author includes several suggestions for "circumventing" that issue.
The recipes themselves are delicious and easy. You'll be pleasantly surprised by the tastiness of the desserts.

FEB 2008 Update: Last week I made the flourless Chocolate Tort - It was awesome. Not low calorie but awesome just the same!!

The book is formatted by bean type; then by Appetizers, Salads, soups & sides, Main dishes and finally desserts for each bean type.
Be sure to read the introduction - this is where the author gives her recipe hints, substitutions, and nutritional info.