I love beans, with meals, as a snack, you name it. I usually have chickpea crunchies around, sometimes lentil crunchies, hummus, homemade refried beans. Then I've got black beans, cannelini beans, navy beans, and chick peas in the freezer ready for anything. Oh, and bean cakes too! I always tell people that beans are the secret to my weight loss - filling and fiber filled goodness
so it is ok if you don't have them with your meal to have them as a snack to get them in. I like them but sometimes don't care for them with my meal but love homemade refried beans or black beans as a snack