+1 on Riley's post. I am actually eating some black-eyes right now. I love them, and the band! Back on track...I buy beans in bags-less sodium/chemicals, and cheaper. At Sun Harvest-it's a natural-living/organic-type of grocery store, I get a protein powder from the self-serve section. It is white, and for the most part, it resembles cornstarch. I combined a cup of dry beans with about a cup of h2o, 1/4 onion, some garlic flakes, and a cubed yellow squash, boiled it all, and then while it was cooling down, I added some of the protein powder, for an extra kick. I personally love it!