Welcome to BabySteps Checklist #15. We're adding to our legumes this checklist, but we are going to teach you some fun new ways to use them! Make sure to add some white beans such as lima beans to your storage and you can make a great bean flour that can be used for lots of things. We'll also be grabbing another Baking Ingredient, Non-Food Item, and continue building up our Three Month Supply foods.

Beans have officially become Julie's favorite food storage item. Julie loves to try to cook healthy and beans have really changed how she cooks a lot of foods now. Mashed beans can replace the oil or butter in a lot of recipes to reduce the fat/calories and increase the fiber and protein. Another surprising thing you can do with beans is to grind white beans into a flour which can be used to make a healthy, delicious white sauce or any condensed cream soup by just adding a few simple ingredients. Any recipe that calls for white sauce (butter, flour, liquid) or cream of chicken/mushroom/celery soup can easily be made healthier and lower fat by replacing it with bean flour.


Purchase 25 lbs of dried beans
    Make sure to include some white beans such as lima or navy beans

Thrive Life: Dried Beans
Emergency Essentials: Provident Pantry Dried Beans
Honeyville Grain: Dried Beans

Purchase 2 qts of mayonnaise

Purchase a few extra sticks of deodorant for each family member
    We recommend using a service like Deals to Meals to find the lowest prices

Purchase something from your 3 month supply list
    - Stock up on sale items, buy some things in bulk, or pick up a few extras items each shopping trip
    - Don't forget to check Deals to Meals for what's on sale this week!


Review the articles on dried beans and how to use them
    - Read Let's Talk About Beans to learn more dried beans
    - Read the Do's and Don'ts of Beans for tips on using beans
    - Read the Benefits of Beans to learn about the health benefits of beans
    - Learn How to Cook Dried Beans using a pressure cooker

Try making some recipes using bean flour as a white sauce or a cream soup
    White Sauce Mac n Cheese (scroll down for healthy bean flour version)
    Cream of Chicken Soup using ground beans (scroll down for recipe)
    Creamy Potato Soup made fat free by using bean flour
    Enchilada Pie full of food storage substitutions including cream of chicken soup

Try substituting smashed beans cup for cup as a replacement for oil or butter in a dessert recipe

Keep saving up for (or purchase) your wheat grinder so you can try using bean flour


Update your 3 month supply inventory sheet of what foods you already have stored


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