Crockpot beans & grains

4 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupDried beans, soaked
Overnight and drained
1cupSlow-cooking grains (I use
Half wheat berries and half
Rye berries)
1Onion, chopped
2Cloves garlic, chopped
28ouncesCan of crushed tomatoes, or
15ouncesCan plus
1Canful water
Generous pinches of herbs
(this time it was thyme and
Rosemary, usually it is
Basil and oregano)
Generous sprinkling of black
Pepper

Directions

And the recipe, for a bean and grain dish that I am having for lunch along with leftover salad. This is a dish I often cook when I am going to be getting home too late to cook, since I make it in a crockpot and it is ready to eat when I get home.

Cook on low for 10-12 hours, and serve. It seems like a very small amount of liquid, but I've found that everything in the crockpot retains more liquid than when cooked on the stove, and the beans have already absorbed a lot in the soaking. If you like your beans soupy (or want to use it as a soup), add more. If you don't mind very-cooked vegetables, or are around to add vegetables an hour or two before serving, chop up some carrots and celery and add. I find that the canned tomatoes have quite enough salt for my taste.

Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 12:09:34 PDT From: Jane Colman <jane@...> Converted to MM format by Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md.

From: Dale Shipp