I prep 16 lunches at a time every 2 weeks by making mass quantities of beans and rice.
Give me your best beans and rice tips.
In return I'll share mine:
Use dried beans.
Use the bulk beans, they're cheaper and just as good.
Most recipes call for way too much garlic- this will give you gastric nightmares.
Don't forget bay leaves.
If freezing, make sure the beans go on top of the rice.
>>7224461
Red and black beans make the best beans and rice.
Mixing bean varieties might lead to a variance in bean mushiness which is either a plus or a minus depending how you like your texture.
Rice cookers are awesome.
Rice and beans form a complete amino acid profile. You could survive on this dish alone for a very long time.
How do you store it? What do you cook it in to be able to make that much? How much do you consider "a lunch"?
>too much garlic
>gastric nightmares
get out of here vlad
>>7224461
>this will give you gastric nightmares.
What?
16 lunches every two weeks, what do you do with the extras?
>>7224898
1 for every day for 8 days a week. 8+8=16. It's not that hard.
>>7224921
This
>>7224921
>8 days a week
Ah I forgot about Sclorsday.
Substitute one cup of water in the rice for a cup of white cooking wine.
You're fucking very welcome.
>>7225034
Does it really cook properly? I mean, I use wine for rissotto, but I can't imagine it cooking normal rice properly. Never tried it though.
>>7224461
Why do people always warn against eating certain foods, just because they happen to be sensitive or intolerant to it.
>>7225042
it will cook it properly, sure, but it's a bad suggestion; wine-flavored rice tastes bad. do sub in some stock or broth though.
>>7225034
I have heard that using brewed green tea as rice water can be really good
Thus I have heard.
>>7225034
OP here
For an interesting flair and a very frugal move you can use the bean water to cook your rice in.
>>7225364
this, or cook rice in pasta water
>>7224921
>8 days of the week
If you're serious about this diet, then buy a rice cooker. Fill it up with three servings multiplied by the number of people, push the button, and you have hot rice to enjoy for the entire day. Acquire a 1.5 quart (or larger based on your needs) slow cooker for the beans.
This dude(tte) has the same one as me: http://www.familyfoodfinds.com/2012/05/fridays-food-for-thought_18.html
Even if it is just reconstituted dried food, I feel like it tastes better freshly cooked.
Protip: use your tupperware to portion out the dried ingredients for each day.
>>7224461
I don't think I could ever eat the same food 16 days in a row
>>7224986
lmao bro
