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@Winchy , Best of luck to you Matt and Mariana.
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Congratulations! Happy holidays to you all.
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Today I've been cooking baked beans from scratch.
On the upside they're going to be a lot more healthy than what you find in the supermarket. I've subdivided them into portions, and there's roughly two servings of tomatoes and one of beans towards your five a day. There's probably less salt and sugar than in the processed version.
The downside is that I probably could have bought more Heinz beans than it cost in ingredients; cooking dried beans from scratch is a very, very slow process; and running a stove all afternoon during a heatwave is really not a clever idea!
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congrats @Winchy
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@Seul having cranked out the dietary values for my home-made baked beans and the bought alternative, there doesn't seem to be any great health advantages either way. There's a bit less protein and a bit more fat, and I suspect a little less salt and refined sugar in mine, but not enough to lose sleep over.
I like to prepare beans from scratch, but I'm not sure if there's any real need. The soybeans I used (not a traditional component of baked beans) required an overnight soak, and then three hours cooking. I suspect tinned beans would have shortened the process somewhat.
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Thanks fellas.
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Yeh, happy birthday man
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Mexican horchata is better than Spanish horchata.
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One Christmas (at home with the in-laws) down, one Christmas (in North Carolina with my family) to go…