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Legumes are one of the foods we should eat frequently. All nutritionists recommend that we add them to our diet three to four times a week.

Properties
Types of Legumes
Recipes

In spite of the great benefits they bring to our health, in recent decades their consumption has been decreasing because they are considered the source of protein for the poor and because they are slow to cook.

Index:

  1. Properties of legumes
  2. List and types of legumes
  3. Recipes with legumes
  4. Where to buy legumes in Spain?

Summary:

Other interesting studies: Benefits of legumes

1. Properties of legumes

Gourmet legumes provide us with a large amount of protein and also water-soluble fiber that helps us digest and lower cholesterol.

2. List and types of legumes

There is a great variety of legumes and within each type of legume, there is a great variety of these that vary in color and size. These are the ones we have at your disposal in our shop.

a) White beans and pints:

We bring them from a small cooperative in Fuentesauco in Zamora.

b) Fabada:

These come from Asturias although they are packed in Zamora.

c) Chickpeas:

Chickpeas belong to the legume family and is a food product that contains a large amount of high-quality protein, fiber, vitamins such as A, B6, C, E and K and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium, zin, magnesium, sodium and iron.

The most important benefits of chickpeas are the following: Chickpea protein is vegetable, so we can eat it abundantly without worrying about the intake of animal fats. Fiber helps us digest and strengthen our intestines. Also, being soluble fiber lowers bad cholesterol, called LDL.  Its large amount of minerals and vitamins, strengthens the immune system and is ideal for people with anemia.

The chickpeas are brought from a cooperative located in Fuentesaúco that supplies us with chickpeas with and without Denomination of Origin. We also bring it from a packing plant located in Cañete de Las Torres in Córdoba, near our village of Porcuna in Jaén.

d) Lentils:

The lentils come from La Armuña, in Segovia.

We bring several types of lentils, the normal Castilian lentils and the brown lentils.

3. Recipes with legumes

In our blog you can find numerous recipes and we teach you the methods of cooking and preparing vegetables.

4. Where to buy legumes in Spain?

We offer for sell the best legumes of Spain.