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	Big Beautiful Bean Download booklet (PDF format) (4.69 Mb) 10 fast, easy recipes featuring beans that can be whipped up for a nutritious meal or dish. Ingredients found in most pantries and readily available from the local grocery store. Beans contributing to your health with folate, fibre and resistant starches.
	The Supreme Bean Recipe Booklet Download booklet (PDF format) (3.81 Mb) Just over 20 Bean Recipes in the "Mediterranean style" featuring, Soups, Salads, Appetizers, and Entrees. Beans with fresh vegetables, tomatoes, garlic and Olive oil, casseroles, Riboletta and the good old standby baked beans. Beans the versatile, healthy alternative that is Cholesterol free and low in fat.
	The Supreme Bean II Download booklet (PDF format) (3.96 Mb) A second recipe pamphlet in the vein of Supreme Bean but with a Mexican lean. 23 recipes featuring toppings for canap's, pizzas and bruschetta. You'll find ideas for Vegetarian Bean Chili, Shepard's Pie, soups, burgers and baked desserts featuring beans as a main ingredient. One cup of cooked beans can supply half the recommended daily fibre intake.
	Bean Bonanza Download booklet (PDF format) (0.6 Mb) Introductory information on Beans (Dry Edible or Common Beans) with a teachers Guide directed towards primary grades however is a good resource for anyone looking for the scoop on beans.
	Folate Facts... Beans help build a better baby Download booklet (PDF format) (1.8 Mb) A basic fact sheet on how Beans can be part of a folate rich diet to protect against neural tube defects (birth defect) heart disease, and some forms of cancer.
	PULSES and the Gluten-Free Diet Download booklet (PDF format) (3.1 Mb) Some of the information in this booklet was originally developed by Pulse Canada and featured in the booklet entitled Pulses: Cooking with beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas.