Spicy and satisfying this Gluten Free Pinto Bean Recipe is a new addition to my diet. Spice the pintos with fresh jalapenos and add bacon and cilantro for flavor. Bonus they're very economical at pennies per serving!

Prep 10

Cook time 4

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Spicy and satisfying this Slow Cooker Gluten Free Pinto Bean Recipe is a new addition to my diet. Spice them up with fresh jalapenos and add bacon and cilantro for flavor. Bonus they’re very economical at pennies per serving!

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Slow Cooker Gluten Free Pinto Bean Recipe

Pinto Beans are an easy, flavorful, and healthy side dish to go with all of your Tex-Mex, Mexican, and BBQ meals. As well, serve them for a simple, hearty vegetarian dinner!

Pinto beans contain important vitamins, minerals, protein, and fiber. In particular, they boast plenty of thiamine, iron, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus. They are also a great source of fiber and rich in antioxidants. (source)

Now, you may be asking yourself why I even bothered with pinto beans. I have a 15-pound bag of them. Yeah, for realz. You see, I ask a friend to bring a small bag of peas to a dinner party because I had forgotten to pick them up when I shopped. I only needed a few. All I wanted them for was to place on my serving tray and sit Deviled Eggs on top. Have you ever used that trick to keep Deviled Eggs in their place? Being the savvy shopper she is, the 15-pound bag was mere pennies more than the 8 oz bag so she grabbed them.

I have 15 pounds of pinto beans in my pantry that I hate to throw out! They’re fabulously healthy so I decided to cook some and see if my taste had changed since childhood. I’m so happy I did. They are delicious!

Eat the beans!

Also, it’s true what my mom told me as a child when I wouldn’t eat certain things,

“if you get hungry enough, you’ll eat almost anything.”

Yes, my friends, that has never been truer! I’m not really for dieting but thought I’d kick start 2014 with eating healthier and after doing a little research kind of designed my own detox, paleo, gluten-free eating plan. Which is to say, I’m not following any of them strictly, but just trying to eat more natural, healthy, non-processed foods.

The second part of any health plan is exercising. Now not everyone can or wants to run. Here’s a little chart to show calories burned comparing walking and running.

Walk For	Run For	Calories burned
20 minutes	9 minutes	100
30 minutes	14 minutes	150
45 minutes	21 minutes	225
60 minutes	27 minutes	300
90 minutes	41 minutes	450
*based on a 150 lb female

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Slow Cooker Gluten Free Pinto Bean Recipe

Author: Paula

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Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 4

Total Time: 16

Servings: 10 servings

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Ingredients

2 cups pinto beans
½ cup white onion diced
1 jalapeno pepper seeded and diced
4 slices bacon cut into 1 inch pieces
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 Tablespoon dried cilantro or 1/4 cup fresh
water
1 Tablespoon beef flavored better than bouillon paste

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Instructions

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Sort through beans and remove any with spots on them.
2 cups pinto beans
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Soak beans in a large bowl of water 3 parts water to 1 part beans.
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Soak over-night.
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Drain and rinse the beans. Place in slow cooker and cover with fresh water to 1-inch above the beans
water
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Cook bacon to render some of the fat out. Add bacon and drippings to slow cooker with beans. Add bouillon, onions, jalapeno, salt, and pepper.
½ cup white onion, 1 jalapeno pepper, 4 slices bacon, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 Tablespoon beef flavored better than bouillon paste, ½ teaspoon black pepper
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Heat on high and cook 4 hours.
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Add cilantro 10 to 15 mintues before serving.
1 Tablespoon dried cilantro