My uncle swore dried beans would cut my grocery bill in half, and he was way off

Ben Reed · 2026-09-30T20:20:04.83041+00:00

My uncle keeps telling everyone that dried beans instead of canned is the biggest money saver at the store. I finally tried it for a full month of dinners back in January. A 2 pound bag costs about $2.50 and gives you maybe 12 servings once cooked, which sounds great on paper. But I forgot to soak them one night, burned a whole pot another time, and my gas bill went up $18 from all the simmering. By the time I added up the wasted batches and the hours of planning, I was saving maybe $9 a month over canned. Anyone else run the real numbers on dried beans versus canned, or is it just me who kept messing up the soak timing?

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