Favorite Pinterest idea to date...

I have no good picture of my finished product, but this is the shelf I could easily clear off and consume in a month not to mention the pinto and refried beans.  

This is an awesome money saver, they taste delicious, and I feel like I'm giving the family higher quality food.  

Stephanie O'Dea has awesome slow cooker recipes and her instructions on how to make black beans in your slow cooker are great.  I cooked them for an extra hour and still felt like they were a little tough.  But after being frozen and cooked into some chili, they were some of the best black beans I ever ate.  I love this.  We eat TONS of beans around here and I'm looking forward to making these on a regular basis.