Pea beans, more commonly known as navy beans, are a popular variety of legume that packs a powerful nutritional punch. The pea-size white beans are an excellent source of dietary fiber and, when ...

Fall seems like the right time for beans — the kind you soak overnight and cook up with flavorful vegetables and meat. Harvests of beans and peas wind down by fall, and we’re blessed with a bounty of ...

Dry beans and peas are a healthy staple crop that can be stored long into winter. With a huge variety of colorful pods and seed shapes and colors, it’s almost impossible to grow every kind of bean and ...

This season's best soup recipes include refreshing chilled pea soup, earthy scallion-mushroom soup, a stew full of spring ...

What’s Cooking is a series in which I address questions you may have about food and cooking but are too shy to ask. Last week, I wrote about stewed black beans and adapting by using a variety of ...

Eating beans, lentils and other legumes may help you cut down on LDL "bad" cholesterol and lower your risk for heart disease, a new review suggests. Canadian researchers examined 26 U.S. and Canadian ...

Peas have significantly more protein and fiber than green beans. Green beans are lower in calories and carbohydrates than peas. Peas have a sweeter taste and softer texture while green beans are more ...

Advancements in the milling of beans and peas into flour may allow grain-based foods manufacturers to create products with marketing claims for fiber, protein or gluten-free. The challenge comes in ...

A survey was conducted in Germany during 2009–2012 on seed health of organic pea and faba beans and their harvested progeny seed on up to 32 organic farms per year. Seeds were either basic seeds ...

Most people are familiar with the usual bean and pulse suspects, including haricot beans, butter beans, chickpeas, kidney ...