Lets talk about a go-to meal around our house. It's easy. The ingredients are always in the house and it takes less than 5 minutes to prepare. Boxed Mac N' Cheese takes longer. In fact, Ramen Noodles take longer.
This go to meal saves me from 1. spending too much time driving to fast food. 2. eating fast food or 3. eating boxed, prepared meals in my house that have ingredients I don't recognize and aren't nourishing (aka: "junk"). Food-like substances are not eaten when my go-to meal is around.
I do create a meal plan and any good plan has a plan B. Wahoo! I crammed a lot of planning into that last sentence. The gist is: plan, plan to fail and then your plan won't fail. Got it?
What is your go-to pantry/freezer meal?
Rice and Beans A La Quick
- Cooked brown rice from the freezer (2 cups)
- Black beans (from can or freezer, preferably the freezer) (1 cup)
- Peas and Carrots (frozen - the bag from Whole Foods has carrot slices that are easy to pick up by little hands) (1 cup)
- Salsa (to taste, about 1/4 cup)
- Sour Cream (optional)
- Cheese (optional)
- Chips (optional)
And, yes, my kids LOVE this. Babies get smashed beans and little salsa. Big kids get chips. We all win and clean up is a breeze.
Bonus: it's gluten-free.
*Anti-inflammatory diets: skip the chips and dairy
*Dairy-free: enjoy the salsa and skip the obvious offenders
*Everyone: keep the sodium-filled chips to a minimum or, even better, buy/make low sodium chips.
Why is this healthy?
Rice and beans together create a complete protein. So, they are the perfect pair.
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