Hey y'all. Let's talk about dense bean salads. Yes, I'm serious. I know you're like,

what girl? And if you're not chronically online, like me, then you may not even know what I'm

talking about. But our production team absolutely knows what I'm talking about because they were forced

to hear me evangelize about the only thing I've ever successfully meal prepped. I am a full-fledged

dense bean salad convert. So, all right, what am I talking about? Basically, if you search

dense bean salad girl on TikTok, two things will pop up.

The original DBS girl herself, TikToker Violet Wichel, who goes by Violet Cooks on the clock app,

and you'll also find videos of other DBS converts like myself.

Yes, we belong to the DBS church.

We'll be extolling the simple life pleasures

of white beans and garbonzos and, you know,

a nice seasonal mix of meats and veggies

that just soak up these really easy homemade

dressings in your fridge all week.

No, this is not an ad.

I just don't think y'all get it.

My life's talent is needing domestic routines and then never sticking to them.

Y'all, I can strategize a messaging or policy campaign in my sleep.

I cannot, however, comma, strategize a grocery list or conquer my timeblindness well enough to make a salad that lasts all week.

But then dense-ass fiberous salads, I'm on week three and I'm in love.

Anyway, if all Blue Ivy's internet ever did for me was bring me the dense bean salad girl,

I'd die happy.

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