Bought $10 worth of dry beans last month... saved me $40 on groceries

I finally tried swapping canned beans for dry ones after seeing a YouTube video. A 2 pound bag of pintos cost me $2.50 at the local Aldi and made like 4 cans worth of cooked beans. I just soak them overnight and boil for an hour on Sunday. Has anyone else made the switch and noticed a big difference in their weekly bill?

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anthony8836d agoMost Upvoted

Your time must be pretty valuable if saving $40 a month isn't worth an hour of boiling beans on a Sunday. I'm over here soaking pintos while watching football, seems like a fair trade for that kind of savings. But hey, if microwaving a can is your idea of gourmet cooking, you do you.

riverwhite6d ago

Nah hard disagree honestly. The time and effort it takes to soak and boil beans just isnt worth the few bucks you save. My time is worth something and I aint gonna spend hours on something I can get for like $1.29 a can at Walmart. Plus canned beans are already seasoned and ready to go for tacos or whatever, no guessing if theyre cooked through. Dry beans also take up a ton of space storing them, and you gotta remember to soak them the night before which I always forget. The $10 savings claim sounds inflated too unless youre buying organic specialty cans or something. I'll stick to opening a can and microwaving it.