Beans are a rare but very useful guest on our table. Eaten boiled, stewed, canned. Being a source of many useful elements, it becomes one of the main products in the diet.
Consider how to prepare beans for the winter in several ways.
The benefits of beans
A unique set of vitamins and elements indicates the need for the presence of legumes in our diet. 
Beneficial features:
- iron in the composition improves the circulatory system;
- excellent source of protein in severe physical exertion;
- restores metabolism, improves skin, hair and nails;
- magnesium increases stress resistance and improves sleep;
- well satisfy hunger.
Learn more about the composition and benefits of beans for the body: white, black, red, asparagus.
Preparation of cans and lids
Everything that will be used in canning should be thoroughly washed. If used banks are used, then they should be washed very carefully.
Today, the following methods of sterilization are used in cooking:
- Steamed. A grill is installed on the boiling pot. A pot is placed on the grid, which is processed from 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the volume.
- In the oven. Heat the oven to 160 ° C. Put in her banks. Hold for 10 minutes. It is not necessary to remove the dishes immediately, in order to avoid sudden contact of hot glass with cold air.
- In the microwave. Pour some water into the pan. Put the microwave on the maximum temperature and load the jars. Processing time - 10 minutes.
Did you know? The unique ability of soda to neutralize the activity of microorganisms is widely used in the food industry. This property makes soda indispensable in preparing jars for sterilization. Soda does not leave smell and harmless to the body. When processing cans, use a new sponge: it does not contain germs, odors and food residue.
For canning, iron lids are boiled in boiling water for 10 minutes. Handle caps should be immediately before use. 
Salad with vegetables
One of the most common salads for the winter is beans with vegetables. It can be eaten as a separate dish and used as a side dish. This salad will provide you with all the complex vitamins and elements, which is especially useful in the winter.
Required Ingredients
- tomatoes - 1.5 kg;
- beans, sweet peppers, onions, carrots - 0.5 kg;
- 100 g of sugar and 50 g of salt;
- garlic - 1 head;
- sunflower oil - 1 cup;
- 2 tablespoons 9% vinegar.
The weight of all vegetables is specified in purified form.Familiarize yourself with the recipes for harvesting vegetables: assorted vegetables; onions, garlic, carrots (caviar, frozen, dried); tomatoes (green, salty in the cold way, and pickled; salted, tomato juice, ketchup, pasta, tomato salad, tomatoes in own juice, tomatoes with mustard, Yum Fingers, adjika).
Recipe
Preparation of vegetables:
Beans to sort and remove spoiled copies (shriveled, with traces of bugs, etc.). Pour cold water overnight. If the grains are young, then it is enough to put them to swell for several hours.
The rest of the vegetables are washed, peeled, and the seeds are cut. Tomatoes are crushed.
Cooking:
- Beans put in a pan for cooking salad. Add the remaining vegetables.
- Add sunflower oil, salt and sugar.
- Stir, bring to a boil.
- Cook until done. At the end of cooking add garlic and vinegar.
- Stir and cook for another 5-10 minutes.
- We spread the salad in pre-sterilized jars and roll it up.
Important! Usually the jar is filled to the neck. This is not entirely correct, since a large amount of air will darken the upper layer of the product. Therefore, the optimal volume is filling the can, not reaching the edge of 1-2 cm.
Video: cooking beans in tomato
Tomato beans
A wonderful classic snack, as well as an independent vegetable dish. It can be eaten hot or cold.
Required Ingredients
- 1.5 kg of beans;
- for every 200 grams of raw materials you will need 2 spoons of tomato paste;
- 25-50 g of salt;
- table vinegar
Recipe
Training:
Go through, take out the spoiled beans. Rinse well with warm water. Cover with water and leave to swell. For this, fresh beans are enough for 2-3 hours. If the beans are old - leave them in water overnight.
Rinse under running water.
Learn another recipe for cooking beans in tomato sauce - with vegetables.
Cooking:
- Fill with water 2 cm above the level of raw materials and set on fire.
- When it boils, add tomato paste to the saucepan.
- Boil for at least another 0.5 hour until ready.
- Add salt and cook a few more minutes.
- We lay out the workpiece in sterile hot cans. Fill the jar, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar.
- Roll up sterile caps.
Video: bean preservation in tomato
Greek salad with beans for the winter
A special feature of this salad is white beans. Its unique properties improve the functioning of the circulatory system. The salad will be very useful for people with low hemoglobin and metabolic disorders.
Required Ingredients
- 1 kg of beans, onion, sweet pepper, carrots;
- 2.5 kg of tomatoes;
- 1 cup or a little more vegetable oil;
- 2 heads of garlic;
- 1 pod of bitter pepper;
- 1 tablespoon of salt;
- 2-3 tablespoons of sugar;
- 1 tablespoon of vinegar to 3 liters of the mixture.
Recipe
Training:
Beans are sorted, washed, soaked before swelling. Next, drain the water, rinse and set to boil until half ready. Wash vegetables, peel, chop. Tomatoes need to remove the skin and grind in a blender.
It is interesting to read about the beneficial properties and recipes of harvesting green peas (freezing), as well as the properties and preservation of corn.
Cooking:
- Beans combine with tomatoes and set stew for 30 minutes.
- In a separate container, mix the sunflower oil, salt, sugar.
- Add vegetables.
- Cover with lid and stew until cooked vegetables.
- Combine vegetables and tomato mixture, mix.
- Simmer another 5 minutes.
- Add spices: vinegar, black pepper, garlic.
- Give boil another 10 minutes.
- We spread the salad in sterile jars, close the lids and roll.
Video: Greek salad recipe with vegetables and beans
Important! The growth and development of bacteria causes an excess of sugar or salt. To avoid problems caused by excessive content of these products, vinegar is used in canning. Just add it at the very end. This should prevent the development of microorganisms.
Dressing for borsch for the winter
The winter period does not make us happy with vegetable diversity. Vegetable preparations for the winter help to replenish stocks of vitamins on our table. Dressing for borscht will make this dish tastier and richer, and also keep for you the wonderful taste of summer vegetable assortment.
Required Ingredients
- 1.5 kg of beets and tomatoes;
- 0.5 kg of sweet pepper, carrot, onion;
- 300 g of beans and vegetable oil;
- 80 ml of 9% vinegar;
- 1 tablespoon of salt;
- 3 tablespoons of sugar.
Did you know? The history of the origin of beans - one of the most mysterious. It is believed that we know the cultural variety brought from America. But the wild species of this plant has not been found there until now.
Recipe
Training:
Sort the beans, rinse with water and soak overnight. Drain, rinse and boil until half ready. Wash vegetables, peel, cut into slices. Crush tomatoes.
Cooking:
- Pour tomatoes and sunflower oil into the pan for cooking dressings. Stir. Put on the fire and bring to a boil.
- Add beets, half vinegar. Cook for 10 minutes.
- With an interval of 10 minutes, add onions and carrots, then pepper, beans, salt and sugar.
- 5 minutes before the end of cooking add the second part of the vinegar.
- We put the dressing in prepared sterile jars and roll them up with sterile caps.
- Banks are covered until cool.
Video: recipe for cooking borscht with beans
What else is compatible beans?
Compatibility of beans with fats is provided by the presence of fat-soluble starches. And since it is also a source of protein, it is perfectly combined with greens and starchy vegetables.
Did you know? Resistant starch (RS1) contained in bean grains has a beneficial effect on the intestinal microflora, strengthens the immune system and regulates blood sugar levels. This starch also perfectly regulates the feeling of hunger.
The unique properties of beans provide it with a place of honor in any vegetable dishes, in side dishes and preparations for the winter.
