Reddit reviews Bean By Bean: A Cookbook: More than 175 Recipes for Fresh Beans, Dried Beans, Cool Beans, Hot Beans, Savory Beans, Even Sweet Beans!

I love Bean by Bean. It's not as all encompassing as some other suggestions, but it has basically infinite bean/chili/lentil recipes with a ton of flavor.

I'd like to propose Bean by bean. With Fall coming, soups and bean based dishes may be an interesting choice. A lot of the recipes are visible via Google Books.

Here's the full recipe I use, I just linked to a similar one earlier because I was on my phone. This makes about 6 meal-sized bowls. Delicious, low calorie, highly nutritious. And about $0.75 a bowl. Oh it's sooooo hard to make cheap, healthy food. ;)


Syrian red lentil soup

• 2 1/2 cups red lentils
  
• 10 cups water
  
• 2 1/2 tsp salt
  
  
• 1 onion, finely chopped
  
• 6 cloves garlic, pressed
  
• 1 Tbsp coriander
  
• 1 Tbsp cumin
  
  
• 1 small handful fresh cilantro, chopped
  
• 1 large handful fresh parsley, chopped
  
  
• Lemon wedges
  
  

1. Wash lentils thoroughly. Boil for 45 minutes with 10 cups water and salt.
   
   
2. Fry onion in nonstick pan until soft (don't brown). Add garlic and spices and fry until fragrant. Add spice mixture to lentils, deglaze pan with 1/2 cup water and add to lentils.
   
   
3. Simmer 15 minutes, then add fresh herbs. Simmer another 5 minutes and then serve with lemon wedge on side.
   
   Source: http://www.amazon.ca/Bean-By-Cookbook-Recipes-Savory/dp/0761132414
   
   This book is unreal if you like beans.