The first time I made red beans and rice for our then-foster son, 8 years old at the time, it was out of a sense of desperation. It was hard to get him to eat more than a few bites of anything that ...

The Soul Food Pot provides a complete recipe for making traditional red beans and rice using an Instant Pot, with optional ...

Red beans and rice is one of my favorite cool weather meals. It’s hearty, comforting and nutritious. But to prepare it the classic way — using dried beans — takes several hours and requires a spice ...

All images courtesy of Two Kids and a Coupon Beans are one of the ultimate cheap meals. Easy to prepare and affordable, a little goes a long way and there are lots of easy recipes! I love nearly every ...

During the recent deep freeze in New Orleans and the region, it came to my attention that many people are not aware that most stews, gumbos, beans and chili can be cooked in the oven instead of ...

Growing up in Los Angeles, so much of what I ate for dinner was a hodgepodge of different cultures. On Tuesday nights, gringo-styled tacos with cumin-scented ground beef and chunky stripes of sharp ...

Vince Hayward cooks his red kidney beans all day in a slow cooker — sometimes with smoked ham hocks, sometimes with vegan sausage, always “heavy on the bay leaf.” If they aren’t creamy enough by the ...

Dear SOS: I have lunch frequently with my daughter at Yujean Kang’s Asian Bistro in South Coast Plaza. They have the best dessert, a red bean pancake in a coconut cream sauce. I’ve searched everywhere ...

First, rinse the beans well, sort through them, and toss out any broken or discolored ones. Then, in a large non-reactive pot (preferably stainless steel), soak them overnight in 10 cups of water to ...

Fall is, hands-down, my favorite time of year. When I feel the first inklings of a chill in the air, I gladly replace iced Americanos with steaming oat milk cappuccinos, exchange tossed salads for ...

After a long shift of making pasta and pizzas at the University of Illinois dining hall, I was exhausted — and deserved a treat. It was the 1990s, I was an international graduate student, and as I ...