Ensure you're using dried pinto beans, and not the canned variety, as cooking these in the slow cooker will reduce them to soup. The added benefit of using the dried variety is that they have so much ...

"Pinto beans are a type of legume and a nutrient-packed powerhouse," Kathleen Garcia-Benson, RDN, CSSD, LD, NASM-CPT, NBC-HWC, a registered dietitian with Top Nutrition Coaching. "While they are ...

Bringing dried beans to a boil before letting them stand in the hot water for just an hour means you can skip the lengthy overnight soak usually required.