A growing collection of Primary Beans' favorite recipes, stories, and recommendations meant to inspire mindful living and bring your pantry to life.
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Food memories: Q&A with Jarrett Melendez
We chatted with our friend and recipe developer, Jarrett Melendez, about his early food memories, cooking style, and how he's merging his loves for comics and food.
Summer taco salad
This recipe is fresh, tangy, flavorful, and hearty enough to be a meal. The dressing gets its creamy consistency from Greek yogurt, jazzed up with lime juice and chipotles in adobo.
Peak-summer panzanella
The best combination of two of our favorite “heirlooms”: tomatoes and beans! We’ve loved panzanella ever since we discovered this pure genius of a salad. Our version features hearty Ayocote Blanco beans...
Sofia and Francisco's enfrijoladas
Enfrijoladas are a go-to weeknight dinner throughout Mexico and we get why: tortillas smothered in a smooth, rich bean sauce makes for a super simple, yet comforting dish.
No-fail refried beans
Once you’ve made a pot of beans using our guide, you’ve allllmost made refried beans. All you need is a little more fat to fry everything up. If you can find quality, pasture-raised lard, use it for the best flavor...
Turkish bean salad (piyaz)
A traditional Turkish salad recipe developed in partnership with New York Shuk that comes together quickly to make your summer easy and delicious. We love how the zingy preserved lemon paste and sumac...
Alubia bean recipes
A growing collection of Primary Beans' favorite Alubia bean recipes in one place: Turkish bean salad (piyaz), Baked beans with greens, dill, and yogurt, and more.
Persian-style herby beans with yogurt and caramelized onions
This recipe is adapted from the herbaceous bean and noodle soup known as ash reshteh. Our version is heavy on the beans, and features the traditional yogurt and caramelized onion topping.
Our top 5 steps to an organized kitchen
Now that we’ve settled into the role of being our own personal chefs, we thought we’d share our favorite ways to up your cooking game and stay organized in 2021...
Ayocote Morado bean recipes
A growing collection of all our favorite Ayocote Morado bean recipes in one place: Chipotle baked beans with cilantro pesto, Pressure cooker rajma, Friday night beans, greens, and sausage, and more.
*Actual* veggie burgers
You make a veggie burger because you want an actual veggie burger, not a plant-based burger that tastes exactly like meat. This recipe celebrates beans and veggies...
Mexican beans 3 ways: Frijoles charros, oaxaqueños, and puercos
We're sharing 3 ways to transform your next batch of Mexican-style beans into dishes representing regional favorites across Mexico. Each of these preparations starts with a batch of frijoles de la olla.
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We're sharing articles (and the occasional listen, film, or show) by trusted voices that explore food topics like farming, culture, health, climate change, technology, and more.
Cranberry bean recipes
A growing collection of all our favorite Cranberry bean recipes in one place: Pasta e fagioli, Creamy beans on toast, Friday night beans, greens, and sausage, Botanica’s bean tartine, and more.
Carrot-bean soup with miso and dill
Here's a simple, nourishing carrot-bean soup with miso, lemon zest, and dill for a flavor punch. We love the rustic nature that’s achieved by keeping vegetable chunks whole rather than pureeing.
Primary Beans bookshelf
Welcome to our bookshelf! Each quarter, we're sharing books that have caught our fancy and expanded our horizons on cooking, agriculture, history, culture, and more.
Favorite shakshuka with chickpeas and harissa
Shakshuka is at the top of our list of eggs-for-dinner recipes, though in Israel it’s brunch fare above all. It’s a one-pan dish of eggs baked in a spice-laden tomato sauce, and served with a pile of warm pita bread.
Chickpea recipes
A growing collection of all our favorite Chickpea recipes in one place: Favorite shakshuka with chickpeas and harissa, Espinacas con garbanzos, Persian-style herby beans, and more.
A primer on bean nutrition
Beans are a magical fruit– but not for the reason you think. Beans pack in an average of 21-24 grams of protein per 1-½ cups. They’re also a key dietary source of B vitamins, potassium, magnesium...
Creamy beans on toast
A no-recipe recipe that is a must-have for your back pocket. Never forget: good, crusty bread is the perfect vessel for creamy beans. Which beans to use? Creamy beans with delicate skins...
Ayocote Blanco bean recipes
A growing collection of all our favorite Ayocote Blanco bean recipes in one place. Peak-summer panzanella, Turkish bean salad (piyaz), Baked beans with greens, dill, and yogurt, and more.
The future of beans (Part 4)
We’re sharing a behind-the-scenes look at Primary Beans' role in furthering the availability of the highest quality beans to home cooks around the country.
The art of bean breeding (Part 3)
What exactly is breeding? We’re demystifying the often misunderstood concept of breeding, its important role today, and how it has shaped the availability of beans at the grocery store.
What are heirloom beans? (Part 2)
Ever wonder how heirloom beans differ from the run-of-the-mill varieties found at the typical grocery store? Here, we break down the different types of beans and explain the allure of heirloom beans.
Small but mighty: Beans’ treasured role in agriculture (Part 1)
The humble bean has been fundamental to meeting agricultural, nutritional, and cultural needs of the societies that have grown them. We're giving you an in-depth look at the evolution of beans.
Flor de Junio recipes
A growing collection of all our favorite Flor de Junio bean recipes in one place: Frijoles de la olla, No-fail refried beans, Summer taco salad, Sofia and Francisco's enfrijoladas, and more.
Pasta e fagioli
With as many variations as there are bean varieties, this Italian favorite is the perfect way to show off brothy beans in all their glory. Literally "pasta and beans," the only other ingredients you need are...
Baked beans with greens, dill, and yogurt
For those of you who love one-dish dinners that don't compromise on complexity of flavor, this one’s for you. Inspired by Greece’s way with beans, this recipe uses a traditional technique...
Espinacas con garbanzos
Typically served as a tapa, this lovely stew of chickpeas (aka garbanzos), spinach, garlic, smoked paprika, and homemade croutons will surely make you nostalgic about that last time you traveled...
Bayo bean recipes
A growing collection of Primary Beans' favorite Bayo bean recipes in one place: Summer taco salad, No-fail refried beans, Enrique Olvera's pozole (with beans), and more.
Pressure cooker rajma
This iconic North Indian bean stew is the ultimate comfort food. Like a classic chili, the beans are coated with a rich, heavily spiced, tomato-ey sauce. And, it is practically made for the electric pressure cooker.
Garlicky white bean spread
This creamy spread has it all: it’s classy and decadent, but also crazy simple and nourishing. We love the complexity of flavors that comes from the roasted garlic...
Botanica’s bean tartine with sage-pistachio pesto
This stunning recipe comes from Botanica, one of Los Angeles’s leading vegetable-forward restaurants. Primary Beans and Botanica partnered up for a 10-day food festival...
Negro bean recipes
A growing collection of all our favorite Negro bean recipes in one place. Sofia and Francisco's enfrijoladas, Frijoles de la olla, No-fail refried beans, *Actual* veggie burgers, and more.
Spicy pork pozole with beans
Deliciously comforting and nourishing, and fortified with hominy, chiles, and pork, it’s no wonder pozole is a celebratory dish all over Mexico. Here we feature Enrique Olvera’s pozole recipe...
Creamy beans with herb oil
A bowl of creamy beans topped with a smooth, vibrant herb oil is the perfect dinner when life is busy and people are hungry. Plus, the leftover herb oil is great for vinaigrettes and drizzled over...
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