12 Meatless Recipes That Use Beans

Food prices are on the rise, and things like meat are expensive. Looking for a way to save money on groceries? The solution is to eat more meatless meals made with beans. Beans are a good source of protein and are delicious. 

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 Many people choose to not eat meat for many reasons. For some people, it may be for health reasons while others abstain from eating meat due to their love of animals. Others may not consume meat for religious reasons while some may just choose one day a week to not eat meat. The reason that I choose to not eat meat was at first because meat is expensive. Many years ago when money was tight, I gave up meat simply because the meat was a costly source of protein. I discovered that eating only meatless protein was more affordable. Several years later when I read that a meatless diet could be healthier, I decided to follow a vegetarian diet most of the time and a flexitarian diet a couple times a month as I still enjoyed eating fish.

Meat can be expensive

 I know for most people right now, buying meat at the grocery store can be hard as meat supplies have been affected by the C lung virus outbreaks. A lot of meat processing factories have close so stores have a limited supply of meat. Many stores are limiting the amount of meat you can buy or the meat cases are empty. I am sure that this meat shortage is going to affect the price of meat too. So this may be a good time to cook meals without meat or have smaller portions of meat in your meals. So many recipes can be made with meatless sources of protein like beans, tofu, or meat substitutes. You can even make recipes that replace some of the meat with beans. Think chili with beans and replace half the amount of ground beef with dried beans or canned beans.

Beans Facts

~ Loaded with protein

~ Full of fiber

~ Great for meatless recipes

~ A rich source of antioxidants

~ Cheap source of protein

~ Good source of iron

~ Low in Cholesterol

~ Plant-Based

~ Available in many varieties

Beans are an excellent source of protein

 When people think of meatless meals or Meatless Monday Meals, they think of beans. Many also think of beans when they think of frugal meals. Beans are full of protein and are a good source of protein for plant-based meals. Many vegetarian meals use beans. If you follow a vegan meal plan then beans are probably an ingredient in your pantry. If you stockpiled food for the C virus outbreak, I bet you have beans in your house.

More than beans and rice. Looking for recipes for beans?

 Dried beans and rice are on the top of most stockpile lists as they are not only cheap ingredients but they have a long shelf life. Rice and beans are always paired together since they make a complete source of protein. Beans don't have all the essential amino acids so they need to be served with a grain source, like rice, to make them a complete source of protein. Other great grain options to pair beans with are tortillas, bread, or your favorite item from the bread group. My favorite way to eat beans is homemade veggie burgers.  I also enjoy beans in many other recipes and I always have dried beans as well as canned beans in my pantry. Beans that are dried are so easy to cook. You can even freeze beans. So I included some of my favorite ways that I enjoy beans in the below recipes. I like cooking my beans in a pressure cooker but sometimes make the beans in a slow cooker. These bean cooking appliances!

Mock Chipotle Pinto Beans 

A tasty way to cook beans that taste just like the ones at popular Mexican restaurants

 When it was impossible to get food from the grocery store a month ago, I used up my bean stockpile and made big batches of these mock chipotle beans so my family could use the cooked beans in other recipes like tacos or bean and rice bowls. These beans are full of flavor and are so easy to make. 

Get the recipe HERE.

Veggie Burgers Made With Beans and Rice

 Once you learn how easy it is to make veggie burgers, you will never buy store-bought frozen veggie burgers. Most prepackaged veggie burgers have soy or mushrooms in them and I am allergic to both of these ingredients. So I make my own homemade veggie burgers with beans and rice. These delicious plant-based burgers are grillable and don't fall apart.
Get the recipe HERE.

Vegan Tuna Salad

 This vegan tuna looks and tastes like the real thing and is made with cooked garbanzo beans. I keep several cans of garbanzo beans in my pantry so I can easily whip up this mock tuna in minutes. One can of garbanzo beans makes enough for two large sandwiches.
Get the recipe HERE.

Hummus

 Another tasty way to include beans in your meals is by making hummus. My family loves hummus and I have several vegetarian recipes for homemade hummus that is better than store-bought. Beans that I like to use in hummus are garbanzo beans and white beans. I include some of my favorite hummus recipes below.

Spicy carrot hummus-get the recipe
Easy beet hummus- get the recipe
Easy to make hummus- get the recipe
Pumpkin hummus- get the recipe
White bean hummus- get the recipe

 BBQ Baked Beans

 My BBQ baked beans are so easy to make and you can make them in a pressure cooker. My recipe is vegan so it has no meat in it but you could add bacon to your beans if desired. This is a perfect recipe for summer picnics or outdoor get-togethers. Barbecue baked beans are perfect for potlucks.

Get the recipe HERE.


Savory Lentil Loaf With A Cranberry Glaze

Some might not consider lentils to be beans but they are also a meatless source of protein and can be used in many delicious recipes. This flavorful lentil loaf makes for a great meatless meal.
Get the recipe HERE.

 Vegan Sloppy Joes

 Another delicious recipe for lentils is a mock vegan sloppy Joe recipe that is a family favorite. This meal looks and tastes like the real thing. It is also an easy to make slow cooker recipe.
Get the recipe HERE.

Quinoa & Bean Veggie Burger 

These veggie burgers have awesome flavor and are a frugal meal idea! Instead of using rice and beans to make the burgers, it uses quinoa, which is a grain full of protein.
Get the recipe HERE

Mushroom Vegetarian "Meat" Loaf

 There is no meat in this vegetarian version of "meat" loaf but it tastes just like a real meatloaf. So this vegetarian recipe is a great way to go meatless. This vegetarian meatloaf freezes well so it can be a make-ahead meal.
Get the recipe HERE

Plant-Based Crab Cakes

 These vegan "crab" cake look-alikes have amazing texture and flavor, one bite and you will think they are the real thing. They are made with my favorite garbanzo bean.
Get the recipe HERE

Roasted Garbanzo Beans

These roasted garbanzo beans are a nutty-tasting crunchy snack and so easy to make. You simply add the spices of your choice and roast them in the oven for a snack that is high in protein.
Get the recipe HERE

Gluten-Free Chocolate Mocha Protein Brownies

Yes, you can make delicious brownies with beans. These brownies taste so good and you can not even taste the beans. The beans add protein to this healthy good for you treat.
Get the recipe HERE

Those are just some of the many ways you can use beans to create meals that don't need meat. If you are looking for more meatless meal recipes, you need to check out these 22 Meatless Monday Meal ideas for some more delicious vegetarian and plant-based recipes that don't require meat.

$100 Off Delivery Fees Offer from Postmates

 Now that most people are staying home and it is a pain to go out to pick up food, it is easy for many to have food delivered to their home. Getting food delivered to your home is so much simpler as you don't have to wear a mask. You can save the stress of leaving the home and not have to worry about coming in contact with a sick person. You can even stay in your jammies. So why leave the house when you can have the food brought to you. Getting food delivered means you can take a night off from cooking. 

More than food

Now you can get more than food delivered to your home. With Postmates you can get lunch, groceries, office supplies, or any other local goods delivered to your door in minutes, 24/7. Their friendly Postmates people will pick up and deliver items from your favorite restaurants & stores in under an hour. Postmates On-demand delivery service from restaurants and stores is available in 4,200 major U.S. cities. See the full list here: www.postmates.com

 

So when you are hungry for sushi or pizza, you can pick up your phone and head to their handy app to get the food delivered. Need paper or garden dirt? You can get those too with Postmates. As long as the store is open, the drivers from Postmates can pick it up and delivered it straight to your home. The best part is new users of Postmates can save $100 off delivery fees. That is a great deal so why leave the house and spend money on gas. Why get dressed and mask up when you can stay home and get what you need delivered to the safety of your home. 

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So many restaurants to choose from

 I just check the Postmates website to see if they deliver to my address and I was surprised at all the participating restaurants that I can order from. I know that I will be using this amazing delivery service as the amazing offer of saving $100 is a great thing. I like the freedom of staying home and having the food come to me. I like that I can take a night off from cooking.

Mock Chipotle Pinto Beans Recipe

This is the best recipe for pinto beans. These beans taste just like the ones at popular Mexican restaurants. This is an easy-to-make bean recipe that can be used in so many meatless meals.

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 I bet most people have a package or two of dried beans in their emergency food supply. Maybe you bought the beans that are dried with good intentions to cook them for a meatless protein substitute or a meatless Monday recipe. Maybe you panicked-shopped at the beginning of the C lung virus outbreak and bought a big bag of dried beans. Whatever the reason you bought the dried beans does not matter. What matters most is how to cook them so they taste good.

Prices of meat are going up

 The prices of meat are rising, and finding meat in the store is hard, so now is the time to learn how to cook your C lung virus prepper beans. Cooking dried beans is not that tough, but it can be time-consuming if you don't use the right cooking appliances. Once you learn how to cook dried beans with this delicious bean recipe, you will include this plant-based protein source in your meals more often. Beans are a wonderful source of protein that is vegetarian.

 Beans are vegan and high in protein, along with other nutrients. When beans are combined with grains, they are a complete source of protein. Rice is a grain that most people combine with beans, but there are many other wonderful grains like tortillas think tacos! Adding dried beans to your meals is a frugal replacement for meat like chicken and ground beef. You can even add beans to recipes with meat so you can consume less meat and save money. My college son loves adding beans to ground turkey for a delicious chili. The recipe at the end of this article for Mock Chipotle Pinto Beans is great to add to a chili recipe or to use for a taco recipe.

 Head over HERE for a delicious veggie burger recipe that uses beans and rice

  How to cook dried beans

 Most people who hoarded the beans probably had no clue how to cook beans and were shocked at the time it took to cook beans. Once they learned that they had to soak the beans overnight and then cook the beans for 2 hours, I bet they stopped cooking beans. Beans can be a pain to cook but once you learn some bean tips, you might cook beans more often. The best way to cook beans is in a pressure cooker as you can cook beans in about 40 minutes. Cooking beans in a pressure cooker is easy as you just rinse the beans, cover them with water, start the pressure cooker, and walk away.

 Another way to cook beans is in a slow cooker. This bean cooking method takes 6 hours but it also allows you the freedom of not having to watch a pot. The basic bean cooking method used by most is the stovetop bean cooking method, but this can take 2 hours or more. You also have to watch your cooking pot so it does not boil over, so no walking away from the kitchen. My preferred bean cooking method is using the pressure cooker to cook the beans.



You can freeze beans

So now that you know that dried beans take a while to cook, you need to think ahead when planning your meals. When I cook beans, I always make a double batch of beans. I then store the extra cooked beans in my fridge or freezer for other meals. Beans freeze quite well.

 My bean advice is to freeze the beans in recipe size portions, like 2 cups, so you can use them in bean recipes like pressure cooker BBQ baked beans or white bean chili. You can even use the beans to make healthy Gluten-Free Chocolate Mocha Protein Brownies or vegan tuna salad. Once you discover that beans are a frugal source of protein and many bean recipes like this veggie burger recipe, you may just be stocking your freezer with cooked dried beans.

Dried beans are:
Hearty
Simple
Vegan
Plant-based
Vegetarian
Super flavorful
Satisfying
Loaded with healthy ingredients
Frugal
& Seriously tasty

Cooking beans three ways

  The Mock Chipotle Pinto Beans Recipe is so easy to make and you can make the bean recipe in three different ways. The easiest way to make the mock chipotle bean recipe is in a pressure cooker or Instant Pot. This bean cooking method cook time is less than an hour. You can also make this plant-based recipe on the stovetop or in a slow cooker. The slow cooker for beans recipe requires way more time but it a great way to start dinner in the morning and forget about it. A slow cooker meal is a great way to start dinner in the morning and have dinner ready when you come home after a long day at work. Cooking beans on the stovetop is easy but you have to watch the pot so it does not boil over. So if you don't have a pressure cooker or a slow cooker, I highly recommend buying one. 

The flavor is in the spices

 This bean recipe is a favorite family recipe and it is so easy to make. The secret to the flavor of the beans is in some unique spices that you may have in your pantry. The spices that add the special flavor to the pinto beans are cumin and chipotle powder. These spices are used in many Mexican recipes and add that kick of heat. The recipe below calls for chipotle peppers but I like to use chipotle powder as I always have that available. Chipotle peppers may be hard to find in stores right now so the chipotle powder adds the same flavor.

Beans are a great protein source

 My college kid has been home since March, and that boy can eat. So I made the Mock Chipotle Pinto Beans Recipe for dinner one night, and he loved it. My college kid is on a high-protein diet for sports and has been making this pinto bean recipe a lot since it is hard to find meat in the stores. My son will add these beans to recipes like chili, enchiladas, and tacos. I have seen my son eat the bean recipe straight from the pot.

Dried beans ratio to cooked beans

  A rule of thumb for dried beans is 1 cup dried beans equals 3 cups cooked beans. So a pound of dried beans equals 6 cups of cooked beans. A can of beans equals about 2 cups of beans. 

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Mock Chipotle Pinto Beans Recipe

Yield: 6

Author: Mom Knows Best

Cooked pinto beans that are similar to ones at restaurants.

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 16 ounces dried pinto beans rinsed and sorted
• 2 chipotle peppers or 1 teaspoon chipotle powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 bay leaf
• 6 cups water (enough to cover beans)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper

Instructions:

1. In a large pot over medium-high heat, heat oil until hot. Add onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
2. Add beans, chipotle peppers, garlic, cumin, oregano, and bay leaf. Add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until beans are tender about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
3. Remove from heat. Remove chipotle chilies if desired and bay leaf.  Add salt and pepper.

Notes:

To make the beans in a pressure cooker: Saute the onion and oil on browning setting for 5 minutes. Then add all the ingredients except salt and pepper. Cook for 60 minutes on the bean setting and let the steam naturally release. Then add salt and pepper. To make the beans in a slow cooker: Saute the onion and oil on the stovetop and then add the cooked onion and all the other ingredients except salt and pepper to the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 6 hours or on low for 12 hours.

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Veggie Burgers Made With Beans and Rice

Looking for a way to save money on groceries? Eating meatless meals will help you save money. Beans are also an awesome source of protein and are perfect for healthy plant-based meals. These veggie burgers are the perfect meatless recipe that uses beans and rice.

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 The year 2020 will go down in history for a lot of reasons. The main reason people will remember the year 2020 is that it will be a deadly respiratory virus that will affect the whole world. This C lung virus changed so many things for many people, and one of them is the way people eat. 

 Many people started eating at home more often, and many had to learn how to cook. Not only did people have to learn how to cook, but many had to learn how to cook with ingredients like beans and rice. Beans and rice were items that people stocked up on as they panicked and shopped for food. 

  I remember the day that I entered the grocery store for the last time in 8 weeks. I was just there to do some grocery shopping. My college kid got the news that his school was closed for a couple of weeks. So I needed to buy food for him since he was going to be living with us for a while. When I entered the store parking lot, I had trouble finding a parking spot. Then I could not find a shopping cart. I had not watched the news, so I had no clue about what was happening in our town.

 When I saw the bare shelves in the store and long checkout lines, my panic started to set in. I was not planning to stockpile, as I already had a stockpile of food, but when I saw the empty shelves, I admit I bought more than I was planning. I was thankful that most of the food I wanted was still on the shelves.

 I was also thankful that I had plenty of dried beans and rice at home. The store was out of beans and rice. For some strange reason, people were stocking up on beans and rice. Beans and rice are the perfect ingredients for healthy, frugal meals.

You are going to LOVE these veggie burgers! These easy-to-make vegan burgers are:

+ Hearty
+ Simple
+ Vegan
+ Plant-based
+ Soy-free
+ Vegetarian
+ Super flavorful
+ Satisfying
+ Loaded with healthy ingredients
+ Frugal
+ Seriously tasty

Beans and rice were most people's prepper items 

 I am glad that I did not need any beans and rice, as the stores had none. People were hoarding all the beans and rice, but not me. I always have plenty of dried beans and rice in my pantry as they are staples in my plant-based diet. I think most people were hogging all the beans and rice as they had read that they were great for long-term storage or they read a blog post about the best foods to stock up on for an emergency or zombie attack.

 These people never thought that they had to actually eat the beans and rice. So now these food hoarders or C virus preppers have 25-pound bags of rice and uncooked beans in their pantries and have no clue how to make them taste good. I can hear the groans at dinner time: "Not beans and rice again!"

  Beans and rice are economical food choices. Beans and rice are also a good source of meatless protein. That may be the reason they are included in many vegetarian meals. Did you know that beans are loaded with fiber and lots of nutrition? When beans are combined with grains, they are a complete source of protein. When people think of meatless meals, they think of beans and rice. Here in New Mexico, beans and rice are always served at Mexican restaurants as a side dish to the main meal. So my guess is that even people here are looking for bean recipes beyond refried beans or beans smothered with green chile and cheese.

How to cook dried beans

 Most people who hoarded the beans probably had no clue how to cook beans and were shocked at the time it took to cook beans. Once they learned that they had to soak the beans overnight and then cook the beans for 2 hours, I bet they stopped cooking beans. Beans can be a pain to cook, but once you learn some bean tips, you might cook beans more often. The best way to cook beans is in a pressure cooker, as you can cook beans in about 40 minutes. Cooking beans in a pressure cooker is easy, as you just rinse the beans, cover them with water, start the pressure cooker, and walk away.

 Another way to cook beans is in a slow cooker. This bean cooking method takes 6 hours, but it also allows you the freedom of not having to watch a pot. The basic bean cooking method used by most is the stovetop bean cooking method, but this can take 2 hours or more. You also have to watch your cooking pot so it does not over-boil, so no walking away from the kitchen. My preferred bean cooking method is the pressure cooker or Instant Pot.

You can freeze beans

                            Mix all the ingredients in a bowl

So now that you know that dried beans take a while to cook, you need to think ahead when planning your meals. When I cook beans, I always make a double batch of beans. I then store the extra cooked beans in my fridge or freezer for other meals. Beans freeze quite well. My bean advice is to freeze the beans in recipe-size portions, like 2 cups, so you can use them in bean recipes like pressure cooker BBQ baked beans or white bean chili. You can even use the beans to make healthy Gluten-Free Chocolate Mocha Protein Brownies or vegan tuna salad. Once you discover that beans are a frugal source of protein and many bean recipes like this veggie burger recipe, you may just be stocking your freezer with cooked dried beans. 

So many varieties of beans

                            Shape the mixture into patties

 If you are new to cooking dried beans, you probably can name only a few types of beans. The most common dried beans are pinto beans, black beans, red beans or kidney beans, navy beans, or white beans, and garbanzo beans, also known as chickpeas. Lately, garbanzo beans have been my favorite, and I have been cooking dried garbanzo beans in a pressure cooker. I have been making so many recipes with garbanzo beans, like vegan crab cakes. The beans that my family has been eating plenty of have been pinto beans, and I have been making mock Chiptole beans with them, as this recipe only needs a couple of spices along with dried pinto beans.

 Other less-known beans are calico beans or Anasazi Beans, Cannellini beans, and lima beans, to name a few. I always have several types of dried and canned beans in my pantry. I love using canned black beans for tacos and canned garbanzo beans for my easy hummus recipe.  Dried beans are cheaper, but canned beans are convenient. This veggie burger recipe can be made with cooked dried beans or canned beans. You can also use any variety of beans in this plant-based recipe.

Dried beans ratio to cooked beans

A rule of thumb for dried beans is 1 cup of dried beans equal 3 cups of cooked beans. So a pound of dried beans equals 6 cups of cooked beans. A can of beans equals about 2 cups of beans

A few simple ingredients are needed to make veggie burgers

 These tasty meatless burgers are made with simple ingredients like beans and rice, along with spices that you probably have in your cabinet and bread crumbs. You can use white or brown rice, depending on your preference and the bean of your choice. I like to use black or pinto beans in my veggie burger recipe. I made these burgers with white rice, but I prefer brown rice as it is more nutritious.

 If you don't have any rice but have quinoa, you need to make these quinoa and bean veggie burgers.

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Veggie Burgers Made With Beans and Rice

Yield: 5

Author: Mom Knows Best

You are going to LOVE these veggie burgers! These easy to make vegan burgers are so healthy and flavorful.

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 medium white onion, finely diced
• 1 1/2 cups cooked beans, I like black or pinto
• 1 cup cooked rice, brown or white
• 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons BBQ sauce or ketchup

Instructions:

1. In a skillet heat the oil over medium heat and add the diced onion. Cook the onion until soft, about 4 minutes. Set aside.
2. Add the cooked beans to a large mixing bowl and mash them well with a potato masher or a fork.
3. Add all the remaining ingredients and the cooked onion to the bowl with the mashed beans. Stir well. To get the veggie burger mixture combined thoroughly, I like to mix it with my clean hands. Don't worry about germs as cooking the veggie burgers will kill any germs in the food. 
4. To assemble the veggie burgers, take a 1/2 well-packed cup of the mixture, and use your hands to form it into a burger shape.
5. Set the formed burgers on a baking sheet.
6. Heat up a skillet to medium heat and lightly coat it with oil.  Then place as many burgers that will fit in the heated pan.
7. Cook the veggie burgers for 4 minutes or until well browned. Then gently flip the burgers as these burgers are not as firm as regular ones made with meat. 
8. Cook the burgers for an additional 3-4 minutes.
9. Serve the veggie burgers on buns with desired toppings like lettuce, tomato, ketchup, etc. Store leftover burgers in the fridge for three days.

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Morning Exercise Is Good For The Body And The Mind

Getting up early in the morning can be tough but it can have many benefits for your health. Discover how exercising in the morning can improve your cognition and memory.

I received a pair of earbuds from Tranya.

  Last winter I decided to challenge myself and started running first thing in the morning. This was not an easy thing for me to do as I am not a morning person. I would rather stay up late and sleep in. I was also the person who enjoyed running in the afternoon. 

 It was a fitness challenge that made me decide to exercise first thing in the day. My goal was to start running outside in the morning, Having a gym membership made this challenge easier if it was too cold outside. After a week of having to force myself out the door to start my day with exercise, I noticed that not only was my seasonal depression getting better but I was more productive with my work. 

 It was tough at first to run first thing in the morning as my asthma lungs did not like the cold but taking a natural lung supplement helped me with my breathing. So I continued to go running every morning after my boys left for school. After three weeks, exercising in the morning became my new routine. They say that to make something a habit it takes 3 weeks.

The benefits of morning exercise

+ Sleep Benefits ~  After three weeks of forcing myself to get out of bed in the morning to exercise, I discovered that morning exercise helped with my sleep. I no longer needed to rely on the many sleep tips to get a good night's sleep. I guess waking up earlier made my body ready for bed. 

+ Mood Enhancing ~  I was enjoying my morning exercise and the bright sunshine. It is amazing how the sun can lift one's mood. Exercising on a sunny day can also give your body some vitamin D which is also good for your mind.

+ Improved Memory ~ I also noticed that my memory was improving and I was able to be more productive at work.

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 Exercise in itself is good for your body and mind

 Exercise keeps your body healthy along with healthy food. When the body runs properly, the mind and memory tend to also run properly. Exercise helps the blood flow through your body and that enhances blood flow to the brain. So my morning exercise was helping my brain. 

Don't worry if you don't have time to exercise in the morning, you will still get the mental benefits of exercise if you exercise later in the day. When I exercise in the evening, I think better when I do my writing or answer emails. I feel more productive when my brain has the energy from exercise.

Music helps with morning exercise

 One thing that always helps me to get motivated to exercise in the morning, is listening to my favorite song. It is amazing when my favorite song comes on and I seem to feel more energized. Music is a powerful tool for exercise. When I have music to listen to, it helps make exercise more fun. 

Some people like to exercise with friends as they love the companionship and having someone to talk to. I find that exercising with people slows me down and I am not able to get the mental exercise that I need. I just don't like talking when I am running.

 I like using my fitness time to think and clear my mind. So if I don't accept your invitation to exercise with you, don't be offended. I just need some mind stimulation that I can only get from music.

 My exercise sessions are more powerful when I have uplifting music in my ears. So my playlist for fitness, which is on my phone, is usually Show Tunes or contemporary Christian songs that have a fast beat. I do have some slower-beat songs on my playlist as those can help me with my breathing when my asthma is flaring up. 

 Exercise has been shown to benefit those with asthma and listening to slow music is one of ten tips for exercising with asthma. Having passive noise-cancellation wireless earbuds is also something that helps with outdoor exercise. That way I can shut out all the noise, like cars, when I exercise and that helps me clear my mind for the day. Sometimes when I run, my mind wakes up right away and I can write a whole fitness article when I am running.

Running or any exercise can help with anxiety

 I am glad that I can exercise outdoors and that the weather is warm right now. I have also discovered that I am less anxious about the c virus of 2020 when I exercise with my music. The music keeps my mind off of things that make me worry. I need to remember to listen to music before I go to bed and using Bluetooth earbuds is safer than using wired headphones as I don't have to worry about cords.

 I just got a new pair of earbuds or wireless headphones that have 8-hours of playtime. I love that these made-for-sports earbuds are water and sweat-resistant. So when I run through sprinklers on a hot summer day, my Tranya will keep working. Now that the gyms are closed, I will be running in hot weather and sweating more. Running through sprinklers is one of my favorite summer hydration tips for runners. These earbuds are amazingly lightweight and charge fast. If I forget to charge my earbuds, 10 minutes of charge time will give me 90 minutes of playtime.

The Best Fitness Tips For Enjoying Running

Are you a morning, afternoon, or evening exercise person?

 What matters most about exercise is just doing it. If you can work out first thing in the day, then that is awesome. If your schedule is busy and you have a hard time getting any exercise in, you need to check out these 13 simple ways to sneak in some exercise. 

Just like people have a preference about to eat or not eat before exercise, people have different ways to exercise. Everyone needs to get some form of exercise for a healthy heart. Even busy moms can find ways to exercise with these best workout tips for stay-at-home moms. 

There is really no one way to exercise and while I enjoy running, you may not. Exercise is about feeling good both mind and body. If you need some ideas for exercise check out these best exercises to stay in shape. Some people may call me skinny but I don't look at my body that way. I look at my body as a strong machine. For now, exercising in the morning is my preferred time, and I love the benefits.

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