Hi Jenna,
You are correct - using beans as protein and a carb is called "double dipping".
You should find 5 more grams of protein, or you could add a different brown if you want to use the beans as protein.

Dodi

: so, jane, if i have 15 gms of protein
: in a breakfast sausage + 5 gms of
: protein from baked beans (i need
: 20 gms total), i should boost my
: meat (or other dense) protein by 5
: gms--the protein in the beans
: shouldn't count towards that total
: because i consider the beans to be
: my complex carb?

: jenna