What will make beans & rice taste good? What are you stocking that you don't like? Tell us about it.

I had not heard or read of bringing them to a boil before soaking overnight. Why do you do this?

How much, in cups, does three dry cups beans make when done?
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If you buy dried beans in a bag, it will have the directions as to how to prepare it on the bag. Otherwise, look the directions up online. Not all beans are prepared the same way.

Soy sauce. Repackage it in gallon glass jars. Italian seasoning, but vacumm pack it so it lasts (get herb seeds, and non hybrid seeds on Amazon), and then you can add it to soups and stews, or cook it up with veggies and/or meat.

Rice cooked in bone broth, with some herbs/garlic/onions plus sliced mushrooms and a tablespoon of olive oil or butter is delicious on it's own.

Certain beans need to be soaked in salt water overnight; even if you pressure cook them; it helps deactivate the enzymes that give you gas.


PRESSURE COOKER. An electric one AND one for a heat stove or fire.


Otherwise if the SHTF prepare to use 6 hrs of wood to cook those hard beans like pinto.

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How can beans and rice NOT taste good?

You need adobo and goya with some onions, garlic and whatever else and make it the Latin way idk how you make it the white people way

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I'm surprised we got to page 5 before somebody mentioned it :)

Beans beans the magical fruit

I was going to say that, too. Make beans and rice burrito top with salsa and cheese and toast them.

Ya know what's easier to cook and packed full of nutrition is lentels!

I go with one cup beans to 2 cups water.

Cook long enough and they will suck up most if not all the water.

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walnuts or other food for omega 3?

i hear canola oil / rapeseed oil is bad for us, probably the best is olive oil but im not certain. i hear too much omega 6 is bad for us.

i can not vouch for this link but posting ayway...

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it seems not all omega 3 is the same either - read about ALA, DHA, EPA.


look up protein which is made up of diferent amino acids, some of which are essential because the human body cannot produce them and must get tem from our diet,
the essential amino acids all found in one food is usually called a complete protein...

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it looks like rice and beans are a complete protein?
i remember reading that cor / sweetcor and beans are a complete protein.
whey powder from milk is also i think.?

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The more you eat the more you toot.

The more you toot the better you feel.

Beans beans for EVERY meal.

There's a good idea! Stock up on barbecue sauce!

How many cups of beans when done, roughly?

Sorry Pooka...it slipped :D

1 cup dry gets about 1.5 cups cooked

Sorry, my precious POOKA!

I usually cook a pound of beans, sometimes 2, eat some for a couple days and freeze the rest in baggies. You wouldn’t want to cook one serving when you’re cooking them for three hours or so.

Hey Pooka, I see you are getting ready for hard times.

Beans and rice were my staples when I was really poor a few years ago. Wifey is from the Old Country, so we still eat a lot of beans and rice.

When I was single I always cooked up beans in a big crockpot as follows.

Inspect beans for pebbles and dirt clods. Those can ruin your meal and dental work. Rinse in a strainer to remove any field dirt.

Soak overnight. One of the other posters recommended in salt water which is a great idea.

Rinse until you don't see much foam. The foam is oligosaccharides, the sugars that the bacteria in the gut love to eat and turn into odorous products. You lose some flavor, but save on the intestinal upset.

I added pork shoulder or whatever cheap pork was on sale. One pork butt or shoulder will make about 5 pots of beans. I froze the extra portions.

Spices: I got creative and mixed a different batch each time. Used balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar, ancho powder, garlic, onions (gotta have those!), savory, cumin, thyme, basil, bay leaf, rosemary, curry, salt & pepper (of course), soy sauce, BBQ sauce, tomatoes. Open your spice cupboard and get creative. Oh yeah, if you add a lot of green spices that can create bitterness such as tarragon, I added black strap molasses to balance the flavors.

I had to be careful with the habanero and jalapeno peppers, but they really add a kick.

You could just cook the beans with pork, salt, and pepper, then experiment with different spice combos on small portions to find what you prefer.

For rice, I always used chicken broth instead of water.

Cheers!

im not sure how to get all te needed vitamins and minerals from your diet, i take sumliments multi vitamin and mineral pills.

if you have a garden and could grow some food, fruits and vegetables may give you what you need i you check their nutrition in vitamins and minerals and combine different fruits and vegetables to get what you need.

you could pickle in vinegar or put in brine (no experience of this salt water i believe) and store i glass jars, so you can still eat them out of season. ideally a big freezer would store them but that could become expensive.

i am no expert but theres plenty of gardening and survival groups on the interet who would know more, including here.

balsamic vinegar is expensive btw, even thoug its supposed to taste reat.

apple cidre vinegar is supposed to be very good for you.

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Salsa with a good bit of cilantro and butter in the beans as they reach full hydration. Maybe it bears saying adding both onion and garlic is a must.

Enjoy!


One of my fave all time deals is rice, and beans with onion and garlic over cornbread with salsa and shredded cheese on top. But my kid says its a "Hippy Dinner". Anything without meat is dubbed as a Hippy Dinner in my carnivorous household.

Pearl onions (canned)

dried fruits store well, raisans, sultanas, currants. etc

you will need anti oxidants foods

Cook the rice in chicken broth. And add Louisiana Hot Sauce. NOT Tabasco.

Trade the rice for cornbread, add ham and chopped white onions, with a bit of Pickapeppa sauce. Oh, yezzzzz.

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