How to get more Beans into your diet

Ping us a messageIn series 2 of The Whole Food Vegan Pod Cast we are changing the format slightly. Each week we will continue to talk about food 'on the menu' for that week, you'll notice this changes as the year progresses and the seasons change as we eat seasonally. However we will be focusing each episode on a different food related topic, it could be an ingredient, style of cooking or style of recipe… And this week we talk about beans.For the full show notes, please visit https://govegan.online/series-2/how-to-get-more-beans-into-your-diet/We give hints and tips on:Working with dried or tinned beansUsing beans in stewsHow to make bean burgersHow to make hummus with a range of beansHow to make falafelsUsing aquafaba, the juice that often gets thrown away in a tin of chickpeas.On the menu this week is a chocolate mousse made from aquafaba, the juice which usually gets thrown away in a tin of chickpeas. We then go on to talk about a Mediterranean mezze cake - think mezze style meal with rice, aubergine, courgette, red pepper, baba ganoush, olive tapenade falafels and hummus all together in a single 'cake'.We also talk about 2 pubs that had a very successful Veganuary, with one pub now saying they are sticking to a 100% vegan diet after having the busiest month in 17 years.Recipes and show notesPubs that had a successful VeganuaryThe Thimble Inn  14 High St, Piddlehinton, Dorchester DT2 7TDThe Queen Inn  Upper Cwmbran Rd, Cwmbran NP44 5AX (Now permanently vegan menu)Mediterranean Mezze cake, see recipe belowChocolate mousse, see recipe belowHummus, listen to pod cast for recipeFalafels, listen to pod cast for recipeRecipe for baked beansRecipe for burgersSupport the show