As a side note, it’s a good investment to buy a pressure cooker at least for the beans since it cuts the cooking time to about 10 minutes (and this is assuming you’ve soaked the beans for at least 12H).
Pressure cookers will also cut down the cooking time of things that need longer cooking to not be too hard to chew, such as cheap pieces of beef.
Also consider chickpeas along with beans and lentils since you can cook them in the same way and they’re the same kind of thing (pulses).
If you didn’t soak your beans, you can still do them in the instant pot. It’ll just take about an hour. It lets you make a somewhat last minute decision to have beans whenever you want.
As a side note, it’s a good investment to buy a pressure cooker at least for the beans since it cuts the cooking time to about 10 minutes (and this is assuming you’ve soaked the beans for at least 12H).
Pressure cookers will also cut down the cooking time of things that need longer cooking to not be too hard to chew, such as cheap pieces of beef.
Also consider chickpeas along with beans and lentils since you can cook them in the same way and they’re the same kind of thing (pulses).
If you didn’t soak your beans, you can still do them in the instant pot. It’ll just take about an hour. It lets you make a somewhat last minute decision to have beans whenever you want.