If they have been shelled, look for ones that have tender skins that are green or greenish-white. Lima beans are also available dried, canned or frozen. HOW TO STORE: Leave fresh lima beans in ...

Or where to get it. I went to the grocery store. The recipe called for dried beans. The only large, white beans I could find were lima beans. They looked suspiciously like the beans in that ...

Adzuki: A small, oval, dark red bean with a white ridge, grown and eaten in China and Japan for centuries. Eaten fresh, dried ... beans because of their pale yellow color. Christmas lima: A ...

Soak, cook and drain 1/2 pound (half a bag) of dried giant Greek beans (gigandes) or large or Fordhook lima beans. I like to soak dried beans overnight but as little as 4 hours will work too.

Dried beige-white lima beans taste like a sweeter version of navy beans. You will see them in two sizes, smaller dried baby lima beans and large dried giant limas. Greeks call the large ones gigantes.

Yields 8 servings. Recipe is by Teresa B. Day. 1 pound large white lima beans, dried 1 ½ pounds ham ends, chopped 1 small onion 1 garlic clove 6 cups chicken broth 1. Rinse dried beans.