“You need a good protein source, so maybe add some pinto beans to go with the cornbread.”
I have gobs of mixed beans I bought in #10 cans professionally sealed without oxygen, and I mean I have gobs of them. I will also buy gobs of cheap dried beans at the grocery. Think I will get the ones with the packet of soup seasoning in the bag and get different ones, those with pinto, split pea, black beans, different ones like that, and they are cheap to buy. They will store for two years before they begin to dry out too much. I have a small pressure cooker big enough for beans to make them soft if they do dry out too much.
That’s a bunch easier than trying to grow them. I don’t have a huge amount of space outside and can keep my containers for other foods, not beans.
As long as you don’t outlive your beans, you’ll be fine. I have gobs stored too, but if I am joined by kids, grandkids, and great grandkids, no way do I have room for all we will need, so I need to learn now how to do it, so I can teach them if I need to.
We got a good start with navy beans this year. Haven’t tackled pintos yet.