The Musical Fruit

I realize I'm not going to make any new converts or anything, but I think about beans a lot. I love 'em. I could probably eat them every day and be happy (at least on one end, right?). I also, by chance, really like to make lists. I've been known to make lists of what's in my purse, just for posterity, for example.

So here's my New Year's ode-list to beans:

Hummus

Pork n' beans

Chili

Cuban black beans

Split pea soup

Baked beans

Lentil pottage

Caldo Verde

Black bean soup

Minestrone

Red beans with thyme and sausage

Bean burritos

7-layer dip

Classic white bean soup

Lamb and lentils

Falafel

And here's a general pictorial representation of what we ate this past week. Except for all the bananas.

Chicken cacciatore

Butterscotch oatmeal

Black bean soup

Flounder with lemon-mustard sauce

Cornmeal mush -- 'polenta' -- with real maple syrup