Beans a plenty

So this isn't a coupon deal but a great way to save money...

A bag of dry beans cost about $1 - $1.50 and when cooked up can make about six 16oz bags of cooked beans to freeze. I figure the best price on canned beans is about $.50 then I am saving about $1.50-$2 for each dry beans I cook.

Now some of you may already know this but some of you are thinking to cook dried beans takes way too much time and really grandmas are the only ones that cook beans - but it is actually really easy. There are quick soak methods that take an hour and then you can cook them in the crookpot for 4-6 hours and that's it! Bag and freeze. I like to do a bag of kidney, black and pinto beans all in one day and have 18 bags of beans in the freezer ready to use.

O and did you know that refried beans are just mashed and fried pinto beans (or black beans)? Here's a recipe from Food Network that I have tried and like.