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Cooking Times - Grains

Grain,1 cup dry measure
Water
Cooking time
Yield
Barley (whole) cups 1 hour 15 min. 3-1/2 cups
Basmati rice-brown 2-1/4 cup 45 min. 3 cups
Basmati rice-white 1-1/2 cups 15 min. 3 cups
Brown rice 1-1-1/2 cups 1 hour 3 cups
Buckwheat (kasha) 2 cups 20 min. 2-1/2 cups
Bulgar wheat 1-1/2-2 cups 15-20 min. 2-1/2 cups
Corn grits 3 cups 5 min.  
Couscous 2 cups boiling water-let sit 5 min.    
Cracked wheat 1-1/2-2 cups 25 min. 2-1/3 cups
Millet 2-3 cups 20-3- min. 3-1/2 cups
Oat bran 3 cups 2 min.  
Polenta (coarse cornmeal) 4 cups 25 min. 3 cups
Quinoa 2 cups 15 min. 2-1/2 cups
Rolled oats 2 cups 5-15 min.  
Rye berries 2-2-1/2 cups 1 hour  
Rye flakes 3 cups 30 min.  
Steel-cut oats 2 cups 20 min.  
Triticale 2-2-1.2 cups 1 hour  
Wheat bran 3 cups 2 min.  
Wheat flakes 3 cups 30 min.  
Whole wheat berries 3 cups 1-1/2 hours 2-2/3 cups
Wild rice 3 cups 1 hr. or more 4 cups

Cooking Times - Beans

Bean,1 cup dry measure
Water
Cooking time
Yield
Aduki beans Soak overnight or sprout    
Black turtle beans 4 cups 1-1/2 hours 2 cups
Garbanzos (chickpeas) 4 cups 3 hours 2 cups
Great northern beans 3-1/2 cups 2 hours 2 cups
Kidney beans 3 cups 1-1/2 hours 2 cups
Lentils/split peas-NO SOAK 3 cups 45 min. 2-1/4 cups
Lima beans 2 cups 1-1/2 hours 1-1/4 cups
Mung beans Soak overnight or sprout    
Navy beans 2 cups 1-1/2 hours 2 cups
Pinto beans 3 cups 2-1/2 hours 2 cups
Soy beans 3 cups 3 hrs. or more 2 cups