Welcome to The Big Bean Boost! Here to help you and your family discover the magic of beans, lentils and pulses …with a little help from our colourful crew of bean-loving monsters, who gain UNBELIEVABLE powers when they gobble beans!
Check out our superb sticker charts, awesome activities, delicious recipes and top tips on how to boost your meals with beans. Who knows what beans will do for you!
Monsters and magic powers!
Find out all about our bean-loving buddies and the ridiculous powers they get when they eat beans! But whatever you do, do not press the big red button!
Fun stuff!
Jam-packed with fun things to make, do and play! Create your own monster, spin the Bean-Boost wheel, print cool activity sheets, and try out the super hi-tech TootBox2000 machine!
Reward chart
Reward charts can be a highly effective way to introduce your child to new foods or increase their consumption of healthy food. Download our bean chart here and head to Winning with Reward Charts for tips on how to use them.
Add some beans
How can I make our meals go further?
There’s no need to follow new recipes you aren’t familiar with, just simple twists to your existing favourite meals can make meals healthier and go further! Learn how to bulk out your meals with beans and vegetables in small stress-free steps with Lauren Leyva.
How do I know what beans to use in a meal?
From creamy butter beans to speedy chickpeas, there’s a bean for almost every meal. Meet some of our favourite beans, find out how to use them and get inspired by our Bean Champions to put more beans on the family menu.
Beans recipes
Check out our delicious selection of bean-boosted family favourites and celeb chef specials, from soups and salads to simple suppers… bean meals never looked so good!
Carnaby Street’s Acaraje Street Balls
Participant in Liberty Kitchen
About the Beans project
Thanks to National Lottery players, The Food Foundation, alongside Veg Power and Kent University Students’ Union, will encourage people across the UK to eat sustainable food sources such as beans, lentils and pulses, as a way of helping them take achievable and affordable climate action.
The beans project has received almost £1.4m from The National Lottery Community Fund, the UK’s largest funder of community activity, and aims to reduce the impact of diets on greenhouse gas emissions, whilst creating a long-term shift towards healthier and more sustainable dietary habits. With the support of local and national food businesses, activities will include a digital campaign to engage the public.
This grant comes from the Climate Action Fund, a £100 million commitment over 10 years from The National Lottery Community Fund to support communities across the UK to take action on climate change and involve more people in climate action. This forms part of one of the funder’s four key missions in its 2030 strategy, ‘It starts with community’ – supporting communities to be environmentally sustainable.
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