We get massive quantities of dry beans via WIC and Angel Food Ministries. I don’t make them as often as I should, though. There’s the whole soaking overnight thing which I always forget to do, and then they’re not ready and I get frustrated and blah blah blah…it just doesn’t happen. But Saturday night, I put out a pound of black beans to soak and was determined to use them for Sunday’s dinner.
I searched my old standby website for a good recipe and found this one. Easy and we had most of the ingredients already! I tweaked it a little…left out the jalapenos, used some water instead of chicken broth, tossed in some chicken breast tenderloins we hadd thawed that needed to be cooked. It turned out really good! We steamed some rice and it was a nice spicy meal, high in protein and fiber, low in fat. My kids weren’t big fans of it, but my husband and I thought it was quite good. And we had a ton of leftovers, so we’ll have some great, healthy lunches this week.
Next up…recipes for all of the red beans I have. Time for some good old red beans and rice. Yum!
