Lima beans are almost always cooked. If you buy dried beans, you will need to soak them first. Before soaking beans, spread them on a flat surface and remove all debris, small stones, or damaged beans ...

If you don't like the texture of baby lima beans, mature beans, which are dried, have a smoother texture ... and flavor to butter beans. They are small white beans often used in soups.

Here are seven of my favorite beans and how to use them in your cooking: They might be small in size ... version of a lima bean. Large, creamy, and mild in flavor, they also shine in skillet ...

Dried pinto beans are soaked overnight, cooked, then mashed before they are fried in oil with finely minced onions, garlic and peppers. The key to success is to take it slow on the cooking, then save ...

N.Y. Welsh warns that like many dried beans, dried favas "hardly resemble their fresh counterparts." Although favas are often compared to lima beans and peas, there are noticeable differences.