What to substitute for beans?

[contessa20]

One of my favorite foods as a vegetarian used to be an East African dish called Maharagwe. It's basically kidney beans with onions, tomatoes, turmeric, chili paste and salt cooked in coconut milk. I can easily replicate most of the recipe but the kidney bean part is stumping me.

What can I substitute for kidney or other types of beans when converting S.A.D. recipes?

[Soka]

Couldn't you just soak the beans?

[contessa20]

Couldn't you just soak the beans?

From all I've read, raw kidney and black beans are toxic. Perhaps lentils would work though. Hmm...

[Soka]

I heard that soaking them releases the toxins in them. I'm not sure though. I'll look it up and see what I find.

[ShantiLove]

What about sproutet lentils ? or any other sprouts ? soaked nuts ? :)

[spicyfull]

You can sprout Mung beans, Chick Peas, Lentils but a Kidney Bean will never become digestable. Here is a Post for using SunFlower Seeds.

12-14-2007, 12:48 PM
Rawkinlocs
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Here's the recipe: (not mine, personally...I had posted it some years back from another website)

Refried beans-I kid you not!
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Two cups of raw sunflower seeds, soaked overnight, which then = about four cups.
1/2 cup flax seed oil
3 Tbls. of raw nut butter ( I used almond, try tahini)
1 tsp. sea salt
3 tsp. cumin (key ingredient, don't even try it without!)
2 tsp. chili powder
1 Tbls. raw apple cider vinegar (with the mother)

Throw it all in the food processor, adding a bit of water as you go along until it is all smooth.

Also, Alissa's Spanish Rice is very good and very quick/easy to make...you just have to soak and sprout your barley ahead of time but that takes no time to get just the little tail which is all you need.

Also, you can PRE-make some flax crackers or tortillas using Alissa's recipe (just dry to cracker stage) and IN/DURING the class, make Alissa's Nacho Cheeze into a sauce/dip rather than dehydrating it as the instructions indicate. Then, have them taste the cheeze with the tortillas and tell them (here is a great teaser to perhaps get them more interested in taking Level 2) that they can learn to make the tortillas in Level 2 although they will be enchiladas, but it's the same recipe and you can explain in Level 2 that if they spread it thinner and dry it longer they can turn the enchilada casings into tortilla chips!

But also keep in mind...the Level 1 class is already kinda pre-set into place (but not set in stone) and YES, you can sub recipes for other recipes, no problem...but keep in mind that Level One IS about easy and quick recipes that one can just whip up in the blender and/or food processor. The person is requesting that you make a Mexican dish...but you are not obligated to do that unless YOU choose to do so.

But again, if you did choose to do salsa, that really should be just fine...it's no more "too simplistic" than say, the Mock Salmon Pate or the Marinara Sauce! But Alissa does have more than one variety of salsa too! She has (pages 312-314) Salsa, Mango Salsa, Pineapple Salsa and Avocado Salsa. So, I'd say, "Sure, I can do a very simple Mexican recipe such as salsa or Nacho Cheeze (and I'll serve that with some pre-made crackers) but guess what? In the Level Two class, we make two DELICIOUS Mexican-style dishes...Enchiladas and Chili!"
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[spicyfull]

You can also use Walnuts as a Bean replacement in certain Recipes. Do a "SEARCH" at the top of this page and it will be of more help to you.

[TaupeRawMan]

From all I've read, raw kidney and black beans are toxic. Perhaps lentils would work though. Hmm...

Yes, raw sprouted kidney and black beans are toxic. How about garbanzos?

[MiahTay]

When you come up with a suitable substitute please post your recipe it sounds delish! Good luck! BTW - I would probably try the sprouted lentils.

Blessings,
Heather

[freshlight]

I LOVED the paste of kidney beans mixed with garlic, parsley and salt. Now whenever I crave it I make one out of walnuts(not soaked,-don't know how the soaked ones would taste), parsley, garlic and a little bit of lemon juice. It tastes almost the same. Good luck and happy experimenting time :)

[bellamausi]

What about those little black-eyed beans? I just bought some the other day for the first time, because I like their color and wanted to try them. I hope they aren't toxic?

And I didn't know about the black beans and kidney beans being toxic! I'll have to look that up!

[Raw Angel Mom]

Take my word for it, i got so sick trying to soak lima beans. Then i read that this bean and kidney bean are toxic raw.

Maybe olive/green peas/corn instead of the beans and same recipe could work