It's believed that the origin of the beans would go back to the Bronze Age of present-day Peru, although more recent discoveries provide the data that our ancestors already consumed beans in the area of ​​Mexico, more than 7000 years ago.

In Asia, vestiges of bean cultivation have been found in the Indus Valley dating back to 3300 BC, and we know that this legume was already known in the Iberian Peninsula before the landing in America.

In our country, they enjoy a greater tradition in the north of the peninsula, clearly prevailing over other legumes such as lentils.

They are a good source of energy thanks to their carbohydrate content, they are very rich in fiber and resistant starch but they barely provide less than 100 kcal per 100 g of cooked beans, they stand out for their contribution of vegetable proteins, they do not include amino acids from methionine and cystine but their consumption, within a varied and balanced diet, makes up for this deficit.

I am sharing a recipe for white beans with vegetables, sausages or chorizo, bacon and pig's ear, I hope you like it.