September 22, 2012
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Adaptable: Day 9
I think it is impossible to overdose on rice and beans. My body shuts down and just doesn’t eat anything at all before it will eat too much rice and beans. Now that I am adding food to go with rice and beans, the question isn’t about not having food, but about not having time. Time to be creative, time to plan and execute a complete meal.
It is hard to turn to rice and beans as comfort food. And when I come back from a long day and want to sit down and enjoy something, water and rice and beans don’t cut it, no matter what you add to it. And adding to it takes time and energy. Who has that?
But, I’ve found it: my go-to food when I am hungry and want something sweet, NOW. Cold rice with condensed milk on top. Interesting. Humans are so adaptable. Those who say otherwise make me want to do experiments on them.
I made a kick butt bean dip (it was called hummus, but it isn’t hummus unless there are chickpeas in it. To me.). Leftover black beans, olives, garlic, lemon juice, and whatever other seasonings were available: instant goodnessJ. This was the official recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/black-bean-hummus/, but I really only use it to get a general idea of what to put in it and get inspired by the pretty pictures.
If you are looking for rice ideas, this was my favorite site so far: http://vegetarian.about.com/od/maindishentreerecipes/tp/leftoverrice.htm.
