Cooking dried beans is cheaper than canned beans but there is a quicker and cheaper way  to cook them.   Less cooking time equals less spending money on cooking them. 

How to ...

Soak beans overnight.  Then you  freeze them in 2 cups or 4 cup amounts.  Then when you need some beans for a meal you pull them out and then cook them.  It will take about 20 minutes to cook.

Why so easy and quick ?

... It is because when frozen the water breaks down the cellulose strands of the cells which is what happens when you cook beans for hours.  You can even save MORE  time by cooking the beans in a pressure cooker !

Here is a neat guide !

Dried Bean Guide Use this guide to gauge how much dried beans to cook.
1/3 cup dry beans	1 cup cooked beans
1/2 cup dry beans	1 1/2 cups cooked beans
2/3 cup dry beans	2 cup cooked beans
1 cup dry beans	3 cups cooked beans
2 cups (1 pound) dry beans	6 cups cooked beans