beans

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You can even rescue other canned beans from pantry purgatory: kidney, white, garbanzo, whatever you have on hand.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

“Fibermaxxing” is all the rage these days, and black beans are the poster child of the trend.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Prosecutors have accused Soofer of faking invoices for fresh meals while clients were left to eat breakfast bars, canned beans and ramen noodles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

In a hilarious illustration of this disconnect, Ms. Hansen writes of a yokel who poured “twenty bags of soil” on the balcony of his Karagümrük apartment to plant beans, tomatoes and peppers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Now and then she drank water and nibbled the rest of the beans and salt.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer