How to Use kidney bean in a Sentence
kidney bean
noun-
Like in ‘rice and peas’, the soup contains red kidney beans, not green peas.
— Vicky Gayle, refinery29.com, 9 July 2024 -
Add stock and beans: Add the stock, tomatoes, black beans, kidney beans, and corn.
— Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2023 -
Navy beans, Great Northern beans, red kidney beans and black beans round out the rest of the top five.
— USA TODAY, 30 July 2023 -
Find that can of chili in the back of your pantry and heat it with a can of kidney beans to make a hearty chili topping.
— Tina Danze, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020 -
The plug starts as a hard disk of plastic that looks like a cubist kidney bean.
— James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2018 -
Black beans and kidney beans: Both add good body and texture.
— Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2023 -
Someone had painted a heart on the wall, or maybe just a big kidney bean.
— Helen Betya Rubinstein, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017 -
That means five kinds of beans: split peas, lentils, chickpeas, red kidney beans, and black beans.
— Carey Polis, Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2019 -
So are legumes, so fill up on foods such as lentils, pinto beans, and kidney beans.
— Nina Bahadur, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023 -
In came the kidney beans and dairy-free imitation cheese.
— Lucette Lagnado, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2017 -
Their mother won’t be there to welcome them with a warm kidney bean curry or ask about their day.
— Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2022 -
In a large bowl, combine pasta, kidney beans, corn, red pepper, onion, and cilantro.
— Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2018 -
Like most eye masks, these are shaped like a kidney bean to cover the under-eye area, but the gel-like mesh keeps them from sliding down your cheeks.
— Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 3 Apr. 2018 -
Stir in the kidney beans, pinto beans, corn, chile powder, salt, black pepper, oregano, thyme, and 4 cups of water.
— Lois Ellen Frank and Walter Whitewater, Saveur, 22 Nov. 2023 -
Layering spices and aromatics is the key to this red kidney bean dish.
— Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2022 -
Black beans, kidney beans, and pinto beans can be used in a variety of other dessert recipes, too.
— Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 19 July 2017 -
In 1969 her father, Russell Doane, planted his first crop of dark red kidney beans.
— Jesse Newman, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2018 -
The red kidney beans are wrapped in a dark red cloak of rich, velvety textures paired with the fieriness of chiles, garlic and ginger.
— Nik Sharma, SFChronicle.com, 25 Oct. 2019 -
The Day Before: Soak kidney beans. Marinate chicken in a large bowl.
— Nikita Richardson, Bon Appetit, 21 Apr. 2017 -
For some homeowners, a vintage pool already in place — say, one curved like a kidney bean — might be in need of an update.
— Jeastman, oregonlive, 29 May 2023 -
Hot-glue a kidney bean horizontally for a nose and carve mouth.
— Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 25 July 2018 -
The red quinoa and red kidney bean masala was a juicy, wildly flavorful and many-textured take on Indian street snacks.
— Michelle Huneven, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023 -
Add the cannellini and kidney beans and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes more.
— Laura Washburn, House Beautiful, 23 Jan. 2013 -
Canned meats: Tuna, salmon, chicken, ham, beef Canned beans: Lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans, black beans and refried beans.
— Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2020 -
Chili powder, cayenne and oregano help flavor this ground beef and kidney bean chili, which comes together pretty quickly (hence the name).
— Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 -
Most of the main dishes at Saz are served with large timbales of either white rice or rice and gungo peas, which resemble small kidney beans and lend the rice a pinkish, dirty-rice tinge.
— Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 10 July 2019 -
Adding just two cups of kidney beans to your meal, for example, gives you 26 grams of protein, which is more than half of your daily recommended amount.
— Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 30 Apr. 2020 -
In addition to veggies like sweet peppers and tomatoes, this dish also has red kidney beans to give it some protein.
— Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2024 -
One of her earliest designs was a necklace shaped exactly like a kidney bean but made in silver or gold.
— Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2021 -
This slow cooker chili is as filling as its meatier mainstay because of its hearty helping of high-protein wheat berries and kidney beans.
— Kate Merker and Taylor Murray, Country Living, 6 Jan. 2020
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