This recipe is for something that bible scholars refer to “Ezekiel’s bread,” which the prophet told the people to prepare during the seize of Jerusalem It is one of the few specific recipes found in the bible.

 As reported in 2nd Samuel beans, were among the highly nutritious foods sent to feed King David’s hungry army and restore strength… wheat and barley and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse... For they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the wilderness…. (2 Samuel 17:28,29)

       We know that beans are absolutely packed with soluble fiber, which helps lower LDL and reduces blood pressure. The same fiber also helps keep blood sugar levels stable, staves off hunger (a blessing for every dieter) and has even been shown to reduce the insulin requirements of people suffering from diabetes.

  Important as they are to us today, they were even more important as a staple food in biblical times. Beans are a wonderful source of protein-a scarce commodity in primitive societies –as well as being packed full of vitamin C, iron and dietary fiber. In the west, most of them get these either from other foods or supplements.

        Unlike our biblical ancestors, today there is a wide range of beans to choose from-red, white and black beans, black-eyed peas or chow peas, chick peas (garbanzos) fava, kidney, lentils,Lima,split peas, and butter beans.All of them offer the same kind of wonderful health benefits.

      Beans also contain chemicals that inhibit the growth of cancer and help control insulin and blood sugar levels so vital to the good health of diabetics. beans help lower blood pressure and reduce the “bad” cholesterol that today’s research has shown to be the cause of so much devastating heart trouble-a health hazard that was a rarity to those who lived centuries ago.

   One reason may be that beans contain a substance that bacteria in the colon, for the example converts into a kind of natural chemotherapy chemical that searches through the body for cancer indicators and shuts them down before they can do any damage.

       Beans also rank high up there on the list of natures other regulators. Not only are they a quick and effective cure for constipation, but  by keeping wastes moving along at a regular, healthy pace, they apparently reduce the risks of colon or rectal cancer, intestinal disorders and hemorrhoids.

 There are hundreds of references to plants in the bible .We cant’ cover all of them here. We feature the main foods that the people of the holy land in biblical times used to maintain good health and fight disease as well as for daily sustenance-and that you can find at your local supermarket.

   And alongside the torrent there will come up,along its bank on this side and on that side, all sorts of trees for food….. And their fruitage must prove to be for food and their leafage for healing (Ezekiel 47; 12)