My $15 grocery run last Tuesday turned into a week of chili and rice

I grabbed a bag of dried beans, a can of tomatoes, and a cheap chuck roast on markdown, threw it all in the slow cooker, and ended up with 4 solid dinners and 3 lunches for under $2 a plate, so has anyone else found that dried beans stretch way further than canned ones for meal prep?

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wadepalmer1mo ago

Canned beans are just as fine and save you the soaking hassle.

gavin_mason311mo ago

Read something from a chef once that said the canning liquid adds a weird metallic taste, but I don't really notice it after rinsing.

miller.susan19d ago

Three minutes of rinsing vs. soaking beans overnight, is this really a crisis?