I often get asked why I don’t go by bean queen. The honesty of the matter is, the beans reign me, I don’t reign them. I am here to support their endeavors.
Over the weekend I was working a private dinner and there was a green goddess mousse. I found it delightful, but I found myself thinking about the environmental, political, and emotional footprint of an avocado.
While I am a lover of green gold, sometimes I realize I don’t need to partake in the fruits of deforestation. To grow 1 avocado involves the same amount of water as roughly an entire pound of dry beans (resulting in six cups of cooked beans). Not to mention they are about the same price, and one of them has a 100% success rate.
So while I’m not a bean queen, I am a bean goddess. I bring to you all my bean goddess dressing, which is in fact a collection of items likely seen as food waste, blended into something that might be my proudest innovation to date (yes, maybe more than the lentil granola, or any of the other best hits of 2025).
I do understand that this carnal commitment to food scrap consumption may not be for everyone, so I will provide you all with two versions of the recipe: my version and the technical bean goddess.
Bean Supporter Bean Goddess Dressing:
-1.5 cups cooked white beans with the liquid (1 can worth)
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