- a few added ingredients
- a noticeable difference in that it requires an extra preparation step which addresses digestion factors
- two important “Don’ts”
You will want to start this in the morning if you get up early, or in the early evening if you don’t mind going to bed late. However, as your reward, you will have the instant healthy mainstay for three or four meals in your fridge.
The thing to remember about dried beans is that when combined with a dairy product such as cheese, or combined with rice or with pasta, the combination contributes to your daily protein requirement, which is 50 grams in a 2,000 calorie diet and 65 grams in a 2,500 calorie.
So you ship the kids off to school at 7:30 or come home from work at 5:30 and get these beans out of the package and into a pot. Rinse and then add boiling water. Bring the whole thing to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes. Turn off heat, cover, and let sit for one hour.
Now it’s 9 AM or 7 PM. Turn off the heat and let soak. While it’s soaking you dice the onion, mince the garlic, dice the carrot, celery, and red pepper, grate the ginger. When the soak is finished, you drain the water, rinse again, pick out broken beans. Let drain. Saute your onion, garlic for ten minutes in olive oil, add all the other ingredients,and cook gently for ten minutes. Stir in the spices, add the water, bring to a boil and simmer until tender. All of it adds up to Black Bean Delicious. The following will make four meals for a family of four.
Day one is black beans over rice.
Day two is black beans with hamburgers
Day three is black beans with pasta and shrimp.
Day four is black bean, rice, and chicken. And
- Don’t you dare be piggy with the portions or you’ll get fat.
- Don’t omit the soaking and rinsing and adding fresh water
INGREDIENTS
- 1 lb. black beans
- 1/3 cup light olive oil
- 2 medium onions, diced
- 1 walnut sized piece of fresh ginger, minced or grated
- 1/2 red pepper, diced
- 2 stalks of celery,
- 2 medium carrots
- 1 tablespoon of basil
- one teaspoon each of allspice, oregano, coriander
- 1/8 teaspoon of crushed red pepper
- one teaspoon of red wine vinegar
- two teaspoons of salt
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground black pepper
- 5 cups of water