“Beans don’t fry in the kitchen. Beans don’t burn on the grill. Took me a whole lot of tryin’, just to get up that hill.” Sometimes, that’s how gardening feels, doesn’t it? But then, when you get a crop, it’s soooo rewarding, even if it’s a small one, it still feels like a victory…..like you’re finally “In the big leagues”, and you’re finally, “Movin on up!” I love that song, and as I have been writing this post, it keeps popping into my head, so I thought I’d share it so you can listen to it while you read:) My two year old and I have been dancing and clapping along to the music this morning.
This spring I planted beans. A LOT of beans. I had high hopes of sampling new varieties of Limas, black beans, Garbanzo Beans, Yin Yang beans, Fava, purple pole, green pole, yellow wax, and I think that’s it. Everything was going great, until this drought came along, and nothing was happening. I had almost given up on my crop, and thought all the hundreds of seeds I planted were only going to amount to about a handful for the entire crop!
The beans proved me wrong, and have been beating the odds that were stacked against them. I can’t remember the last time it rained, but the beans are giving me a decent crop, with even a few to share!
With this recent heat wave, it’s been too hot to cook in the kitchen, so I decided to try grilling the beans. They tasted deeelish! Almost like a healthy french fry with an extra crunch, these babies were super easy to prepare, and the results were more than worth the effort.
The only thing I would change about this recipe, if I could, would be to make it so the beans hold their color better. They don’t look nearly as colorful as they do raw, which could be a turn off to if you didn’t already know how delicious they taste.