These bean-powered side dishes go from humble to hero, adding big flavor and heart to any meal you’re serving up.

With people pinching pennies and streamlining food budgets, keeping that produce, meat and even leftovers fresh is key. Aldi ...

Though different labels might cause a debate between butter beans vs. lima beans, they're actually the same thing!

“Lima beans are great,” chef and food writer Amethyst Ganaway said. “I’m always a firm believer [that] if you’ve had something you didn’t like, ...

But beans labeled butter beans are no more or less tasty than beans labeled Lima beans. Both can be made to be delicious, and both can be ruined with poor cooking, not enough (or too much ...

“I have had plenty of lima beans that are not seasoned well or not cooked well,” chef and food writer Amethyst Ganaway said during a video call. “It’s just absolutely terrible.” Though I ...

Instructions: Place dry lima beans in a large pot and cover with two inches of water. Bring the water to a boil, cover, and let the beans simmer until the beans are tender, but not mushy.

When downy mildew epidemics strike, they are a plague to lima bean growers in Delaware, which produces over 60 percent of the nation’s crop for canning and freezing. Downy mildew is caused by the ...

Lima bean, butter bean, double bean, sieva bean: Whatever you call it, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension hopes you'll soon eat more. Though often overlooked, limas are low in fat and high ...

“Lima beans are great,” Ganaway said. “I’m always a firm believer [that] if you’ve had something you didn’t like, you probably just haven’t had it cooked in a way that you would like ...