First I put about 3-4 cups of dried pinto beans from my health food store’s bulk section in the bottom of the crock pot. Cover with filtered water. Let soak overnight.
Drain.
Fill again to mostly to the top.
Cover, cook on low overnight
Drain again.
Smash with a wooden spoon
I add quite a bit of chicken broth, both for it’s health benefits and because I have it on hand from making my crockpot chicken. I’ve used water before too.
Add enough water or stock to make it runny, then cover and cook again for a few hours. My chicken stock has a layer of fat at the top, so I use that as my fat. It will thicken up.
I keep my refried beans in the fridge, and I usually add sea salt as I’m cooking with it. Not much to look at, but we like them :)
Part of Pennywise Platter Thursday @ the Nourishing Gourmet (my favorite Nourishing Traditions weekly carnival!) and Kitchen Stewardship’s Super Foods Carnival (check out how easy it is to pack a nutritional punch into every day meals)
Other posts:
My weekly crockpot chicken, lunchmeat and broth
Other slow food that takes a while, but doesn’t have a bunch of hands on work- Soaked Wheat Bread
When cooking the beans, add a bunch of chopped onions, a little garlic, and some dried peppers. Remove the peppers before smooshing the beans. Delicious.
I believe that avoiding packaged foods is a first step for you to lose weight. They will taste great, but processed foods include very little vitamins and minerals, making you take more only to have enough power to get with the day. If you are constantly eating these foods, moving over to whole grain products and other complex carbohydrates will make you to have more electricity while consuming less. Good blog post.
Hi! Just wanted to let you know that I made your recipe for refried beans and wrote a blog post on it and linked to your blog! Thanks for the inspiration :)
It will be posting tomorrow morning!
Thanks Jesse!
I thought that pinto beans are not on the GAPS diet? Only navy beans and northern bean?? That would be awesome if pinto was allowed? Do I have to come back to this site to see the answer? I am not very familiar with how blogs work except to read them.
HUH?? Pinto beans are not GAPS legal… I’m thoroughly confused! Everything I’ve read is white Navy or Great Northern beans ONLY. Can you please clarify??? Thank you to anyone who can tell us why pintos would be legal.
Or maybe you aren’t sharing this as gaps legal? I googled to find out, & this page came up. Then I read the other comment from Celeste. Now I’m really confused. Thanks for any clarification…