Beans can provide a delicious, earthy backdrop to any number of creative recipes from simple to gourmet. Packed with minerals and fiber, beans help provide optimal nutrition and complement heart-healthy and diabetes diets. You'll learn to use a variety of different beans in a medley of healthful dishes that will be just right whether cooking for two or a crowd. From Black Bean Winter Squash Enchiladas and Dilled Garbanzos in Pitas with Baked Vegetables to Kidney Bean Sloppy Joes tand Black-Eye Butternut Chowder, these innovative dishes abound with different flavors and visual appeal.