How to Use kidney bean in a Sentence

kidney bean

noun
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  • 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
  • For the true Cincinnati chili experience, serve it atop spaghetti (two-way), sprinkled with cheddar cheese (three-way), diced onions (four-way) and red kidney beans (five-way) along with oyster crackers and hot sauce.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024

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