Beans go well beyond the few kidneys in your chili [1]. It has been shown to improve your risk of heart disease if you add just ½ cup of beans to your diet each day. There are insanely delicious ways to accomplish this starting with adding canned chick peas to salads to including hummus [2] on every sandwich. They don’t need to play a starring role in the day, even a handful of roasted soybeans as a snack can help. That said, there is nothing like a French inspired cassoulet to warm up a day. This bean dish often has sausage and or poultry stewed in but a vegetarian version is great as a side dish when you have a flexitarian household to keep happy. Here’s a simple cassoulet recipe to get you started. [3]