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I can't cook dried beans for the life of me, either. They taste OK in chili, but plain - yuck. Much worse than any canned beans. For what it's worth, though, I always thought you have to pre-soak them before cooking. A few days ago, I had no time for that. So no pre-soak, just kept them on the stove longer than usual over a low fire (and had to add water a few times). Much better. They actually taste a little sweet and have a nice texture. Maybe that's a better way to cook beans.
As for canned, I usually put them in a salad. My favorite is three-bean salad: any kind of kidney-type beans, chick peas and green beans, a little salt, a little olive oil, and a little vinegar. The vinegar makes them taste much better to me.
Rice and beans is OK too. That's a very flexible dish. You can add pretty much any veggies and seasonings, as long as the rice and beans are there.
Corn bread is wonderful, but OP said they are trying to loose weight, so no cornbread. Plus even yummy cornbread will not make a bowl of unseasoned bland beans taste much better. Op needs to add seasonings to the beans while they cook.
And add veg to the mix before the beans are added, see my post on page one, #9.
Can't rep you again evening sun. Having said that I, myself am only picking out from their recipe what I want...I'm not watching my food intake at all!
2-3 slices of bacon will flavor an entire pound of pinto beans beautifully.
Of course I've not even began to cook dinner this evening, (it's pretzels or popcorn for me tonight) however (thanks to you all) I know what I'll be making for dinner tomorrow...after I go to the grocery store, of course!
I can hardly wait, bright & early tomorrow!
Scratch the pretzels and/or popcorn, I found 2 Tom-Tom Tamales in the freezer. Yipee!
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