Navy Bean Soup

Navy beans are very high in protein, fats and starches, it is considered to be a whole food, and because of this rice and meats should not be added to these beans. This will cause the soup to contain an excessive amount of nutrients. Too much of anything, whether good or bad, is not good for you.

When preparing navy bean soup, it is imperative that the beans are soaked before cooking. During the soaking process, the volume of the beans increase as they absorb the water and for this reason, it is best to use clean fresh water (bottled water) instead of tap water. If tap water is used, some of the harmful particles that are present in the tap water will be absorbed into the bean. Soaking the beans also helps to improve digestibility, which results in an increase in nutritive value. It is also important to cook the beans thoroughly so that you will not get colic (gas) from eating half-done beans. Ideally, a good batch of beans are small, pearly white in color. and cook within an hour. The older the batch, the longer it takes to cook. Oftentimes, one will not find that perfect batch of beans, but it is good to do your best to get the freshest batch. You can do this by calling your local whole foods and ask them how long ago did they receive their last batch of beans.

Just recently I went to Whole Foods to buy navy beans in bulk as I usually do. I inspected the beans and they looked fairly decent. They weren't the best looking beans, but it was all they had in stock at the time so I proceeded to get my usual 5 lbs. When I got home I prepared the beans like I usually do. After soaking the beans overnight, I started cooking them around 8pm thinking they were going to be done by 10pm. But 10pm came and they weren't done. I was up cooking those beans until 2am, and even then they still weren't done, but by that time I gave up lol I didn't stop sooner because I was making a tutorial. Anyways, I'm saying that to say, it happens. Sometimes you will get a batch of beans that aren't so good but just do your best with what you have.

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