Rice and Beans with Garlicky Broccoli
We are Rice and Bean fanatics. Its a weekly sometimes twice weekly meal for us. It helps that the kids, mostly, like it. With that it’s a good vehicle to hide veggies in. I usually finely grate carrots and zucchini into the beans and add some cherry tomatoes that pop and melt themselves into the beans. The kids are clueless. Its wonderful.
Rice and Bean Quesadilla with Peach Salsa
A quick lunch the next day with reheated rice and beans pressed into a whole grain tortilla. Served with a peach salsa from Trader Joe’s. It was very refreshing for a snowy day.
Brown Rice Arancini
This time I made a double batch of my Yellow Brown Rice. I cook the rice in rich chickenless broth and turmeric. Its so savory and delicious. I was going to use the extra rice for another meal a day or two later when a fabulous idea popped into my head: ARANCINI!!! This batch of rice was a bit sticky which is perfect for making the Italian treat. Its something I’ve been thinking about trying to make for ages now. We just never have extra rice or risotto laying around.
I formed the rice into walnut sized balls, dipped them in unsweetened almond milk and then rolled them in mixture of bread crumbs and nutritional yeast. Fried them in olive oil and sprinkled them with salt. They were fabulous even though they were made with brown rice. They are usually made with a risotto or similar type of rice and sometimes stuffed with a meat filling or mozzarella cheese. I was really surprised how well these worked out and how delicious and simple they were. My mom was even impressed! This is definitely a recipe I’ll be fine tuning over the next month. I want to eat them all the time with various fillings!