Of
course every day can't be like this, and if it were we probably wouldn't find the truly amazing meals as noteworthy. Most days you just want something good. It doesn't have to be mom's homemade comfort food, but I've found my own easy, filling (and fulfilling) meal which has changed the way I eat and I would choose over Mac'n'Cheese or a frozen pizza any day. Thinking about it might not make me salivate, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't eat foie gras numerous times a week and still feel good about myself (or my waistline).In my case the staple of choice that I would, could, and do eat a bare minimum of three times a week is brown rice and black beans. It's tasty, it's filling, it's remarkably healthy, and as if that weren't enough ridiculously cheap. Everything I want from my everyday meal.
As you may or may not
know brown rice is way healthier than white rice - containing all sorts of vitamins, nutrients, and fiber. Oh yeah, black beans are also wicked good for you. Between the two you get more nutrition than you know what to do with, and as an added bonus all that fiber will keep things more regular than Mussolini's trains.I really can't sing the praises of this wonder-combo enough: fast, easy, and just damn good. If you're penny-pinching your way through college/unemployment/saving for something, maybe you should track down a 20 pound bag of brown rice and a pallet of black beans, it's responsible for getting me through pretty much every week (and maintaining my girlish figure).
The lazy man in me just boils up some rice, opens a can of beans (with the addition of spices) and through the wonders of modern microwave technology dinner is ready in no time. If you're feeling a little fancier there's always the black bean soup/stew/chili route which requires the addition preparation of vegetables and having cans of corn and tomatoes on hand, but is a good way to change things up if you've had three meals of simple black beans with brown rice this week and it's only Tuesday.Oh, and if you have some brown rice left over you can always make fried rice with it. But that's another blog.
2 comments:
AB has a recipe for baked brown rice, and in the same show concocted a dish out of it using bacon, vinegar, onion... wait a minute... did AB really just make German Brown Rice Salad on me!
That indeed is what it was, and it was awesome. The sad part was, I didn't even realize what I was making until about half way through when it dawned on me it was the same ingredients as german potato salad. Did I already tell you this? Anyway, it may be a welcome change from the beans and rice, and bacon does make everything taste better. Lucky for you your butcher probably sells bacon by the slice, so you can scrape up some change and say "Give me this much bacon! IT has a date with some rice and vinegar!"
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