38 Easy Recipes You Can Make With A Can Of Beans
Looking for new recipes you can make with food you already have in your pantry? We got you.
Now that we've all been cooking meals in our kitchens on a daily basis, you may find that you're looking for a new recipe to help break up the monotony. Or maybe you stocked up on cans of beans and are looking to jazz them up. Perhaps you don't fit into either category but are in the market for some plant-based meals you can make at home. Whatever your needs, the following recipes will hopefully cause you to never look at beans the same way again!
This recipe calls for 2½ cups of black beans (roughly 1 pound) that blend together with carrots, onions, and other goodness for a hearty and filling soup.
Two cups of cannellini beans combine with tomato sauce, garlic, onions, and peppers for a delicious plant-based sloppy joe recipe.
Layers of warm refried beans, queso, guacamole, and pico de gallo in this recipe will look impressively made and will leave you dreaming about it for days afterward.
Yep, the "chicken" patties in this tasty recipe are made from cannellini beans! Absolute wizardry, I say.
Easy for beginner chefs to prepare, this chickpea curry recipe truly lives up to its name.
Red kidney beans and chickpeas are the featured legumes in this recipe, which blends lots of veggies together for a yummy warm meal.
This meatball recipe requires only 10 ingredients — 3 cups of chickpeas and 2 cups of rice being two of them — and will wow meat eaters and vegetarians alike.
This recipe for a white bean skillet comes together in under half an hour. Serve with bread, over rice, or with whatever you have in your pantry!
Layers of black bean–and–zucchini chili and cornmeal crust in this recipe officially have me drooling.
This tasty recipe can be made in just one pan — not that you'd ever notice it by the taste!
If you're looking at these photos and wondering where the white beans are, you won't find them easily! In this recipe, they're blended together to make the Alfredo sauce itself!
Black bean burgers are a familiar dish to vegetarians and vegans everywhere. Learn how to make your own with this zesty recipe.
Need a recipe that uses pantry staples and comes together within 45 minutes? Look no further.
14. Vegan Burritos
Black beans are the star of this delicious burrito recipe that you can make with canned black beans and canned corn. Make a bunch and save them for a full week of lunches!
If you have amassed a lot of crackers in your quarantine kitchen, use them up with this classic recipe for spinach and artichoke dip.
If you're looking for a tomato soup recipe that is really filling, try this one!
One can of chickpeas (or garbanzo beans) can morph into these meatless "chicken" nuggets if you have a food processor or blender at home!
This recipe is so good, you'll forget that you're eating a can of beans.
If you have white beans, you're already well on your way to this delicious-looking soup recipe.
This "dump and bake" recipe is simple to put together: Toss rice, chickpeas, broth, milk, and veggies and you're on your way to a filling meal.
If you aren't stocked up with canned baked beans in your home, try making your own with this recipe for dried beans.
If you've never made a chickpea salad, you must try this recipe! You can use it in sandwiches, salads, or anything else you'd use chicken or tuna salad in.
I don't know about you, but nachos are one of my comfort foods. Learn how to make a spread like you see here with this recipe.
24. The Best Hummus
Have chickpeas, will make hummus. Get the recipe here.
25. Vegan Red Beans and Rice
This recipe can be used with dried beans or canned beans or made with an Instant Pot.
Cooked white beans are the star of this simple recipe for a savory and satisfying soup.
Black beans, salsa, and cumin spice are all you need to make this quick and easy recipe.
Give your regular pasta salad some oomph by using this recipe and adding a can of chickpeas.
There's not much better than a stew to cook in these trying times — try this recipe, which features beans and sweet potatoes!
Need a breakfast dish that uses beans? You're all set with this recipe for a chickpea scramble that's filling and full of veggies.
This recipe is gluten-free, vegan, and a total crowd-pleaser.
If you have an Instant Pot, this recipe comes together quicker than you can say, "I'm hungry."
Another recipe where you can't exactly *see* where the beans are...but they are actually used in this sauce for a scrumptious mac 'n' cheese!
This recipe will show you how to make a hearty and chunky tomato sauce to spread on top of the pasta of your choice.
35. Cowboy Beans
Yeehaw! This recipe requires *6* cups of beans to make a stewlike meal that anyone would love.
The fennel in this particular stew gives a unique flavor that's bound to excite whoever's sitting at your dinner table. Get the recipe here.
You can use up so many canned goodies in this stir-fry recipe: canned corn, canned water chestnuts, and canned chickpeas!
Another meatball recipe? You bet. This recipe also uses chickpeas but is extra spicy — taste buds, beware!
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