Beans

A pound of large dry lima beans make a cheap, filling and exotic large lima bean soup. Use the crock pot and don’t soak the dry beans.

Slow cooker dried black-eyed peas don’t need to be soaked first. Use your crock pot, set it and forget it.

Chick peas make excellent tuna salad with our without the tuna. What a great sandwich!

Convenient red lentils cook faster than any other dried legume.

White Bean Escarole Soup is easy and delicious. You’ll want to make it all winter long.

Any leftover vegetables taste great with a couple of baked eggs.