What's less evident is whether the goodness in those colorful legumes comes from what's known as kidney beans or the more ...

If you're aiming for a traditional style, stick to dried red kidney beans. Though this dish can be made with other beans, red kidney beans are the OG for a traditional red beans and rice recipe.

Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators of whether Mars was habitable in the distant past.