fast ,easy ,delicious . no time in the kitchen: lean days

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

lean day : Rice, corn and beans.

this is a meat less dish but it could to used as a side dish for meat or fish.

Ingredients

1 cup left over rice
1 can beans
1 can corn
1/4 cup cheddar cheese
sour cream (optional)

preparation

mix rice, beans and corn in a pan
cook till warm
add the cheese till it melt.
serve with sour cream if desired.

note
Easy way to cook rice
Put 1 cup of rice in 2 cups of water or chicken stock bring to a boil and then cover and cook slowly till ready. if you use water add 1 tbls salt..
will be nice serve in a soft taco.

pretty tasty

A table. Bon appetit
. Miam miam Miam

tips

_ some people like me and Jesse do not like the feeling of onion pieces in their food . But onion really bring a delicious flavor to food and I do not know how to cook without them. but they can be chopped very very fine so you won't even detect them in the food or like Tricia do, you may grate them

-In some of my cooking I use wine it is not indispensable but it does bring a little some thing to the food . Do not use cooking wine it is nasty but you may keep in your refrigerator a bottle of white wine and use it when you need it. You can find some wine very cheap for cooking but still good . usually if a wine is not good to drink it is not good to cook. Your mother use some wine very cheap but not bad to drink I know it because I did drink some!
When in a rush it some time hard to use every thing from scratch but it is good to keep from any food that has been process.

-when making braised food like sausage and cabbage it is important to cook the food slowly, use a medium heat and never boil the food

-when a recipe ask for browning a piece of meat before cooking it is important to do it on a very hot stove in a mixture of oil and butter it must be done fast and the meat must be nice and brown. It is a good idea to make sure that the meat is nice and dry it will brown better. You may dry it with a paper towel or simply live it out of the refrigerator for a while.