I am very frugal when it comes to food shopping. With the recent job situations I feel that I'm back in college again trying to eat healthy on a small budget. Luckily, I have years of cooking experience now so I'm not relying on ramen noodles and eggs.
Anyway, I've made a couple of good bean dishes and was wondering if anyone else had ideas for canned beans with other cheap ingredients to throw in.
Tonight, I made a red beans and rice dish. I took a can of kidney beans (drained) and a small can of tomato sauce and mixed them in a pot with some chili power, hot sauce, crushed red pepper, cumin, and a bay leaf and let it simmer for abotu 30 minutes. I mixed in cooked rice and stirred in a bit of sour cream to curb the heat a bit.
It was pretty tasty with some left over homemade bread that I made yesterday.
Another dish I've made is with black beans. I put the beans in a food processor and pulsed them a couple times. then I put them in the bottom of a casserole dish. On top of that I put diced tomatoes and onions with some various spices (I just open the drawer and throw whatever seems to fit). Then I topped it off with cornbread and come cheddar cheese and baked it for about 30-45 minutes at 400 degrees. It was very tasty.
As mentioned, I'm pretty good at creating dishes. I typically just need an idea to get me started. It doesn't necesarrily have to have beans in it, but that's always a good starting point I find. I've been doing a lot with stir-fry vegetables and rice too so ideas for that are welcomed also. Thanks