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By: Fabulous Five Friday « Clever Thoughts and Cocoa Knots

Fabulous Five Friday « Clever Thoughts and Cocoa Knots — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:18:13 +0000

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By: Boston Sports Woman

Boston Sports Woman — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:11:51 +0000

I totally agree on the beans thing. I just soak a bag, and put into containers to freeze upon needing! Thanks Sarah for this article!

By: Semi-Sweet Sarah

Semi-Sweet Sarah — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:51:27 +0000

@Wendy, I tend to agree. @Amanda, Eden Organics does have BPA-free canned beans – they’re more expensive, but they’re at Whole Foods if you need ‘em! I’ve been doing dried only – do up a big batch in the Crock-Pot o the weekend and eat them all week. I don’t have a pressure cooker (crazy, I know!), but lots of people do them in those ’cause it takes a lot less time. I find now that I make my own beans, canned just don’t taste as good to me!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:39:40 +0000

OK, well that caught my attention! I must say I am a canned bean addict… Do I start a pot of dried ones soaking right now? Or are there can manufacturers you can trust? I know you’ve written about this and I did wean Allegra too off of canned soups, but I figured the good of beans outweighed the bad. I could probably set off a BPA detector from a yard away!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:17:20 +0000

I had contacted a manufacturer of organic canned pumpkin to ask if their cans had BPA and they told me that they were investigating alternatives but that there were only a couple of can manufacturers in the world and they supply everyone so it would be problematic to get BPA free cans in the foreseeable future. It is probably going to have to come in the form of legislation because food producers have no choice.