Tag Archives: rice

chili and rice

1 can chili con carne with beans
1/4 cup diced tomato
1/4 cup diced onion
2 cups cooked rice
cumin
garlic powder
onion powder
3 tablespoons sour cream

The purpose of this meal is to learn how to make do with little and at the same time learn how to stretch what you do have. I could have very easily used a whole [...]

rice to eat

I usually keep a couple cups of cooked rice in the fridge to use throughout the week. Tonight I just wanted a quick tasty snack. When you keep rice around precooked, meal prep becomes hassle free. This goes along the same lines as keeping boiled eggs and baked potatoes in the fridge to fulfill those [...]

fajita rice

This is all made with items I got from the food co-op. Well, except for the spices and the butter and the tomato sauce.

1 lb beef sliced into strips
1 green bell pepper
2 cups cooked rice
2 tablespoons butter
chili powder
cumin
onion powder
garlic powder
cayenne
salt
black pepper
honey
basil
a few ounces of canned tomato sauce

The secret to making this good is: don’t be [...]

hamburger rice zucchini

1/2 lb ground beef
2 cups cooked rice
2 teaspoons yellow curry
1 zucchini
Dollop stone ground mustard
Splash of Worcestershire
Olive oil
Salt
Black Pepper
Orange zest

Start with cooking your rice because it can cook while we prep everything else. Once your rice is boiling, turn the heat down and simmer on a low heat for about thirty minutes.
While the rice is cooking [...]

tuna salad sandwich

Here’s a little something I came up with when I wasn’t sure what to make. I just threw some stuff from the cupboard together and it turned out great. The rice sounds weird, but it’s really good and helps extend the tuna when you only have one can.

1 can tuna
1 c cooked rice
2 tsp garlic [...]

food run

I just received an email telling me what my twenty-one twenty-three dollars bought me. I am beside myself with excitement. This Saturday, the 21st I will be donating two hours of my time to help distribute locally grown and produced food. There is so much food there I won’t know what to do with it [...]

curry pineapple rice

I would love to share a picture of what I just made, and my last meal for that matter. I don’t have a camera. We will just have to imagine what these meals look like until I purchase a camera to take pictures.
You can tell when my pantry is getting low and these are my [...]