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Lesson Goals

Dried beans, peas and lentils, otherwise known as legumes or pulses, are inexpensive and are an excellent source of protein, dietary fiber and complex carbohydrates. Despite their great benefits, people often overlook them because they don’t know how to cook them.

In this lesson, you will learn the few key steps to preparing any kind of dried bean or legume - all the way from soaking to testing for doneness. You'll see just how simple it is to incorporate this highly-nutritious and readily-available food into your diet.

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• understand how to buy and store dried legumes
• prepare beans for cooking by sorting and rinsing
• identify three methods for soaking beans
• properly cook and test beans for doneness
• identify a variety of dried legumes