Here's a GREAT recipe that will help you get rid of some leftovers and also give the kids some great nutrition and it's DELICIOUS!
Day ONE
Black beans (cook them as normal). Add coarsely chopped 1 green pepper, 1 onion, plenty of garlic and a couple peeld zucchini in a mixer and blend until smooth. Heat cocounut oil in pan and cook for a few minutes. Add salt, cumin, pepper and dried oregano to taste. Then add to black beans.
Make brown/white rice.
I like to mix my rice for extra wholesome goodness. Heat one cup brown rice in some cocunut oil constantly stirring...add 1 1/2 cup water when hot and let cook about 10-15 minutes (can not dry up) add one cup of the jasmine rice with another 1 1/2 cup water. Cook down and cover simmer until done.
I make turkey or ground beef patties and a steamed veggie.
Day Two
Take leftover beans and rice, add Chicken broth to it and liquefy. Pour into soup pot.
Steam one Acorn squash or butternut squash and when cooked, liquefy with some of the hot water in steamer. Add squash mixture to soup pot.
Brown and mince ground beef or turkey (I prefer taste of ground beef). Season with salt and cumin or a Jamaican Jerk flavour or Mexian flavoring. Add to soup mixture (juices and all). Stir and serve with shredded cheese, sliced avocado, salsa or by itself...SOOOOO delicious!
The kids LOVE it and ask for more!
I've never tried cooking w/ coconut oil before. Does it give the food a different flavor. Its a white solid type oil that melts into liquid, right?
ReplyDeleteHi Tasha! Expeller Pressed Coconut oil doesn't affect the flavor at all. The Extra Virgin coconut oil does...it gives everything a very Caribbean flavor! :) But coconut oil is SUPER for you...the health benefits versus vegetable oils (that go rancid and become toxic and you wouldn't even be able to tell) are wonderful! And I love using it for our homemade popcorn!
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