FritzApolloWhat meals do you cook when very low on money?
TheReturnOfPEBi think that it helps to always have some rice cooked and waiting to bump up the calorie count to almost any meal.
[deleted] in lemmyRice, potatoes, beans, and lentils are all solid low cost choices.
I have to admit that I do not do beans nearly as much as I should. I think it is because canned beans are not nearly the deal money-wise as dried beans are … and I am not good at letting beans soak without forgetting them and ruining them.
actionjboneYou don’t actually need to soak them before you cook them.
I’ve made plenty of bean dishes, starting with completely dry beans. It takes a little longer to cook because they are rehydrating while they cook, but they still come out great.
Eq0Part of the reason to soak is for them to release sone long proteins that are hard to digest. You can achieve the same result by carefully removing the foam they produce at the beginning of the cooking (or replace the water completely after 10-15 minutes of boiling)
Oh, cool. Thanks for sharing that, I wasn’t aware.
That’s one of the reasons I love cooking. No matter how much I know, there’s always so much more to learn.