Some Expert Advice on How to Cook Beans

For many of us, Rice & Beans Month is a culinary journey into the unknown. This style of cooking is foreign to a western culture accustomed to processed, prepackaged convenience foods. Most of us are probably finding that in this month focused on simplified diets, we end up working harder and spending more time in the kitchen than ever before.

Thankfully our brothers and sisters in East Africa are there to support us this month with their encouragement and wisdom. So here is some expert cooking advice from Mama Susan, the founder of Amazing Grace Children's Home. She and her staff regularly cook beans for over 30 kids in the Lahash sponsorship program in Uganda, so she knows what she is talking about! She knows it takes a lot of time to cook and eat this way, but this advice will definitely help you save time in the kitchen by cooking up larger batches and saving the beans in the fridge for later use.



Thanks to Mama Susan for sharing her wisdom with us this month!