Pantry Raid III: Cool Beans

This week's recipe comes from Episode 38, Pantry Raid III: Cool Beans (page 182 in the book, and here). My house we are bean lovers.  Lucas has loved beans since he started eating solids, and my husband lived off of beans while he lived in Brazil.  I generally use canned beans, but a while back I bought some bags of dried beans in hopes of saving money.  Well, I soaked one bag and cooked them and they turned out bad.  I thought if anyone could help me figure this out Alton could.  I have sick kids so I don't have the ingredients, but I am planning on making Black Bean Salad and probably the hummus that is on the website later this week.