Bean skins off? red/black beans legal?

[Guest guest]

Dear all of you,

I have been thinking of adding beans to the diet and I have some

questions. (I´ve read all of the soaking, rinsing, cooking, not

salting, amounts of hours etc, instructions. Many thanks for the

thought, though)

It would be nice to get rid of the skins, but are the SKINS OF BEANS

" LEGAL " ? How do most people do?

I know lima and navy beans are legal, but are also RED (KIDNEY)BEANS

AND BLACK BEANS? (Specially red would be nice. I saw it mentioned in

the " Eat well, feel well " cookbook)

Other knowledge of beans that cannot be found in the BTVC or

Pecanbread site?

Grateful for your answers,

Lotta, with daughter 6yrs autism and son 3,5 yrs (SCDnov06)

[Guest guest]

Hi, Lotta,

It's ok to leave on the bean skins if you tolerate them.

There are only 3 dried beans you can use: navy, lima, and lentil.

The black beans and red kidney beans may be tried after you have

healed well.

Navy beans/white pea beans are known by many names. These are dried

navy beans = Yankee bean = white pea bean = pearl haricot = Boston

bean = Boston navy bean = pea bean = haricot blanc bean = small white

bean = haricot bean = fagioli. They are legal.

What white pea beans are NOT, are great northern beans = cannellini

bean = white kidney bean = fazolia bean... because then they would be

illegal.

If you are choosing limas, be sure that they *are* limas. If they

are called " butter beans " they might be limas but they might be fava

beans, which are illegal.

mom to -12

SCD 4/23/04

[Guest guest]

Hi Lotta,

<<It would be nice to get rid of the skins, but are the SKINS OF BEANS

> " LEGAL " ? How do most people do?>>

The skins are legal on the beans. If you want a puree (to make recipes

like fake mashed potatoes) you can put them through a food mill or

seive. I have popped the skins of cooked lima beans, I didn't like

the texture of the skins.

<<I know lima and navy beans are legal, but are also RED (KIDNEY)BEANS

> AND BLACK BEANS?>>

From:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/beans.htm

" - Kidney beans (purply/plan colour)-no at the start of using beans but

try later and go carefully.

- Black eye beans - no but black beans may be tried later. "

<<Specially red would be nice. I saw it mentioned in

> the " Eat well, feel well " cookbook)

>

> Other knowledge of beans that cannot be found in the BTVC or

> Pecanbread site?

>

> Grateful for your answers,

>

> Lotta, with daughter 6yrs autism and son 3,5 yrs (SCDnov06)>>

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs

mom of and