I hate meat

It's awesome when I add diced green peppers. Sometimes I throw in some corn or diced zucchini. It is a very versatile recipe! You're awesome for sharing these!

I'd LOVE some!

Here are some of my favorites.  Play with them if you wanna add some other ingredients.  They all freeze and reheat well.

Island Red Beans - this Puerto Rican dish is super spicy.  Use one pepper instead of two if you don't want it super spicy.  Also, do NOT touch your eyes after chopping the habanero peppers!

Four cans kidney beans
one onion, diced
one tablespoon minced garlic
two habanera peppers, diced fine (the original recipe I had for this dish called for poblano or Anaheim peppers but I like it with habaneras.  The others might be less spicy, though, if you don’t want it as spicy)
½ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
¾ cup tomato sauce
two cups water (more or less, depending on how saucy you like your beans)
½ teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt

In a large pot, sauté the onions and garlic in a little olive oil until slightly soft.  Then add the diced peppers and cilantro and cook for a few more minutes.  Add the kidney beans, tomato sauce, water, oregano, pepper and salt.  Stir well and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to a simmer and cook about 40 minutes.

Red Beans and Sausage

One can kidney beans
Package of four veggie Italian sausages (I usually use Tofurkey), sliced
½ onion, diced
red bell pepper, diced
one tablespoon minced garlic
one can diced tomatoes
cayenne pepper
black pepper
Franks sweet chili sauce (I get this at Kroger, it’s by the hot sauce)

In a large pot, sauté the onions, red pepper and garlic in a little olive oil until slightly soft.  Add the sliced sausages, stir and cook for a couple minutes.  Add the beans and diced tomatoes, stir and cook for a couple more minutes.  Add a dash of cayenne pepper and a dash of black pepper.  Stir.  Then add Franks sweet chili sauce to taste and stir.  A little of this goes a long way so start with less than ¼ cup and then add more if needed.  Reduce heat to a simmer and cook about half an hour.

Red Beans and Rice - leave out the rice or use less of it if you don't want to eat rice yet.

ingredients

2 cups dried red beans
6 cups water or vegetable stock
2 bay leaves
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
4 - 6 cloves garlic
4 soaked sun dried tomatoes
2 roasted red bell peppers (see links below)
1/4 teaspoons cayenne
salt, pepper and Frank’s sweet chili sauce (you can use any hot sauce, but this is really good) to taste
2 cups uncooked rice

Instructions

Wash, sort and soak beans overnight, as per package instructions.

Place soaked beans in a large Dutch oven with water and bay leaves and bring to a boil. Lower heat and continue to cook, uncovered.

Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet and sauteé onions, celery, garlic and herbs and coo****il softened, about 3-4 minutes. Add onion mixture, along with sun dried tomatoes and roasted peppers, to beans. Cover, but leave lid ajar, lower heat and simmer until beans are soft, about 1 hour. Add rice, cover completely and simmer until rice is cooked, about 25 minutes. Watch carefully and add more water or stock as needed and stir frequently.

Baked Bean Stew

1 large onion, diced
1 green pepper, diced
about 1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 can diced tomatoes (mostly, but not completely, drained – leave just a little bit of juice with them)
2 cans vegetarian baked beans
1 can garbanzo beans
chili powder to taste

Sauté the onion, green pepper and garlic in a big pot in a little bit of olive oil until soft.  Add the beans, diced tomatoes, and chili powder.  Bring to a boil, then stir well and reduce heat to simmer.  Cook 20-25 minutes.

These sound good!  Thank you so much! Pls disregard message I sent you :)

The first one is the recipe I have made (the island red beans). I love it! Thanks for the additional ones! I am saving them too. Beans are so versatile they can be used in so many recipes. I wish my kid liked them as much as I do but oh well! They're very efficient and save money as meat substitutes.

I think they are about the world's most perfect food.  They are cheap, easy to cook, you can do all sorts of things with them, they taste good, and they are nutritious- protein, fiber, good carbs.

Nik had a recipe on BF recently that looked good, with corn and tomatoes and okra, that I thought would be good with kidney beans or black beans.

I think beans are the most perfect food as well! And they are really affordable! I eat meat but I feel better when I eat beans knowing that no animal had to die for me to eat it. We're more and more vegetarian each day. The only thing I wish I didn't get was gas. Soaking them helps a little but not enough. Nik has great recipes too. I hadn't heard about the one you mentioned with okra. Must check it out!

Add some baking soda to the soaking water, then just make sure you rinse them really well before cooking.  It's supposed to help make them less gassy, though I'm not sure how it works.

 OMG-- you and I could be twins-- this is EXACTLY what I'm going through. I'm 4 months out and except for protein shakes  I'm also having a very hard time getting in my protein. I'm getting darned sick of cottage cheese, cheese sticks and deli ham.  After a VERY hard time with both chicken and pork tenderloin I've  been afraid to try other meats. I'm fixing tacos for hubby tonight and I may get brave enough to try some of the ground beef. I hope you find a solution to your problem soon (also wi**** for myself-lol). Hang in there -EVERYONE says it will get better-from their mouths to Gods ear !!! 

I know how you feel I can't eat dense protein. It usually comes back up. And the meat does not taste good. I was a big time meat eater before the surgery. I eat a lot of cheese, refried beans, and cottage cheese. Shrimp goes down OK. I can't eat deli meat either. I am afraid protein drinks are permanently in my future. I don't think we are alone in this others have the same problem.I had surgery in October. I keep hoping this is temporary. Only time will tell.