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beans and rice
09:16 PM, Friday, June 6, 2008
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I made tacos tonight. but meatless. and dh gave me THE LOOK. "can I just have a quesadilla with the ricew and beans on the side?" "sure, you can make yours a quesadilla." He was, as he says, "afeared" of a rice and taco.but he made a taco, good example for the bean-disliking children. I had made this before, and LOVED it (dh had been feeling ill that evening so he did not try it then), so I made me a PACKED-FULL taco, and Lion (dd1) had a half-taco with sour cream, cheese, beans and rice, and tomatoes. Bear (dd4) rolled her eyes and put a good-sized scoop of the R&B on her taco. Bug (ds6) balked, tried to convince us that he had a scoop ion his tortilla (yeah, sour cream and cheese!) He finally put a good-sized scoop on his plate. dh made a taco too. He loved it! silly husband, he ought to trust me a bit more on food stuff.  We have resorted to bribery on bean nights: tonight it was ice cream. no ice cream if you do not eat your beans! I know "they" say not to bribe with dessert. but we feel it is very important that the family learn to eat beans. so we bribe. at least for now. as they learn to eat them, we will phase that out. meanwhile dd1 happily ate hers no problem. Bear ate hers without balking, but Bug needed a time limit. and he ate his R&B without gagging - just eating bite after bite. which tells me this bean dish was better than others, at least in his mind. so anyway, without further ado, here is the really yummy R&B dish we served tonight. from Cuisine at Home weeknight menus: Boil: 1 c chicken stock 1 T lime juice 1 t sugar (today I used 3/4 t honey - I did not taste the difference) 1/4 t salt (I used a rounded 1/4 t salt - my homemade broth is salt-free) 1/2 c long grain rice (we only use basmati around here) when rice is soft (and with basmati, I had to add some water before it was done), add: 1 T unsalted butter (but I used salter - again, the broth thing) 1 can black beans, drained, rinsed, warmed (or one heaping cup of homemade beans) 1/4 c fresh cilantro (I used 2 T dried) lime juice to taste well, I also added some water since my beans were cold, and I didn't want to dirty a pan just to warm the beans separately. anyway, this made GREAT tacos! - Sunshine Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 13 of 209 } { Next Page } |
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