Just found out my $1.50 bag of dried beans equals 7 cans worth of protein

I was meal prepping yesterday and got curious about how much I'm actually saving by using dried beans. So I went online and looked up the conversion on the USDA website. Turns out one pound of dried pinto beans makes about 7 cups cooked, which is basically 7 of those $1.50 cans from the store. That's like $9 saved for every bag I cook. Has anyone else done the math on other dried staples like lentils or chickpeas?

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gavin_hill271mo ago

Buddy of mine saved so much on chickpeas he bought a new kettle.

dixon.spencer1mo ago

Hold up on that can math because the volume doesn't match up exactly. A pound of dried beans gives you about 6 to 7 cups cooked, but a standard 15 oz can only holds around 1.5 cups of beans after you drain the liquid. So you're looking at more like 4 or 5 cans per bag, not 7. Still a solid deal though, just not quite that dramatic.