Beans & veggies are the perfect combination to create a delicious & nutritious meal!

Red Bean Buns are popular snacks in Hong Kong and the process of making them can be a fun family activity, especially at special gatherings.

Created especially for the Beans Around the World Contest, here is the "Arepa Domino", one of the many ways we eat our arepas in Venezuela. Enjoy!!

Look closely...the word beans is spelled with beans! Beans have fiber, nutrients, zero cholesterol, AND they are the least expensive source of protein!

Veggie Chili recipe with beans

Vegans know that Garbanzo Bean can be a life saver in terms of cooking in every situation! :) You can use them to prepare nutritious omlett for breakfast, delicious soup for lunch, spicy curry for dinner and even vegan-mayo that you can decorate your sandwiches with! And when you expecting guests you can suprise them with full range of deserts based on Garbanzo Bean - cakes, pralines, meringues and mousses! Isn't that enough to call them magic beans? :)

Beans Around The World.

I was so excited when I first saw a combined soup bowl, because I frequently order two different soups to comprise my meal when dining out. Besides, I prefer duets to solos, pairs skating to singles...and the same is true for flamenco dancing. The dancing eighth notes (on the left) join up with the dancing sixteenth notes (on the upper right) to dance together as a couple. The beans on the rim of the soup bowl are a reference to polka dots, a traditional pattern for flamenco dresses. And the cilantro garnish is a nod to the fan, which adds a beautiful texture while both concealing and revealing.

Pulses are a plus for all. They’re a perfect match for your whole body. What makes beans so cool? Let’s hear it straight from the bean “bachelors.” They’re great for your heart, nutrient-rich and a great source of protein!

COOL BEANS

Spilling the Beans!

I wanted to show how great beans are for nutrition and health. It could be a campaign showing each benefit in a fun, vivid color, and hip way. I'll say it loud "Bean power!!"

Garbanzo beans, also known as chickpeas, are a nutritious staple of many diets. With a buttery flavour and smooth texture, garbanzo beans can be blended to create hummus, mashed to used as a flour replacement and even roasted to use as a caffeine free coffee alternative.

Caldereta is a super spicy goat stew from the Philippines. Some replace the goat meat with beef or chicken, or add cheese and wine. It's a flexible recipe, just like Filipinos! I really miss Filipino food because I've been away from home so long. I love that the ingredients of this recipe are easy to find anywhere, so when I feel homesick I can whip it up easily and taste the heat of the islands. What makes this different from our other tomato-based stews? Aside from the goat meat, it's the chilies and garbanzo beans. It's a fancy dish usually served at fiestas. On the left side of the illustration is "caldereta" in the native script of the Philippines called baybayin. It is a style of writing that was almost lost but rediscovered and enjoying a resurgence among scholars and hobbyists. I hope someday our ancient writing will be just as ubiquitous as the ingredients for caldereta!

This here is my mother's recipe for a breakfast casserole that she serves on Christmas morning. I look forward to it every year, and I was excited to share it via illustration. Enjoy!

Originally made for SCAD Illustration.

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baked beans with watermelon