Comments on: The simplest meal? http://mindtomouth.org/2008/11/the-simplest-meal/ living Mind to Mouth Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:24:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Georgia http://mindtomouth.org/2008/11/the-simplest-meal/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Georgia Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:51:39 +0000 http://orderofr.net/sage/?p=108#comment-390 As a vegetarian, I am a fan of the complete protein combination of rice and beans. Also, thank you for the Culinate link. As a vegetarian, I am a fan of the complete protein combination of rice and beans.

Also, thank you for the Culinate link.

]]> By: sage http://mindtomouth.org/2008/11/the-simplest-meal/comment-page-1/#comment-354 sage Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:30:02 +0000 http://orderofr.net/sage/?p=108#comment-354 Hillary great ideas! Is your morning soaking process sufficient for garbanzos? Those are ones I tend to buy canned given the time required, and I never know what to do with that outer layer... Thanks for leaving your thoughts you know so much about living well on the cheap! Hillary great ideas! Is your morning soaking process sufficient for garbanzos? Those are ones I tend to buy canned given the time required, and I never know what to do with that outer layer…

Thanks for leaving your thoughts you know so much about living well on the cheap!

]]> By: Hillary http://mindtomouth.org/2008/11/the-simplest-meal/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Hillary Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:47:54 +0000 http://orderofr.net/sage/?p=108#comment-342 Hello Sage, Great post! One of my favorite winter rice soaker-upper dishes is chole (sometimes called chana masala). It’s a thick garbanzo bean/tomato curry spiced with coriander, cumin, turmeric, mustard and cumin seeds, and a little salt and pepper. As you noted, most of the work is in purchasing the exotic spices and soaking/cooking the beans. The dish itself can be prepared in less than 30 mins (well, more like an hour if you count brown rice cooking time too). BTW, my time-saving bean soaking ritual has become: 1). get home from work, soak 1-2 cups of desired beans overnight. 2). Wake up early next morning and walk dog, come home, put pot of partially-covered beans on to boil while catching up on NPR and getting ready for work 3). When it’s time to leave (presumably 20-30 minutes later), check beans. If not done, turn off flame, cover beans, and let them sit on the stove all day, they’ll be done when I get home. If done, push pot to cool burner, cover beans, and let sit. They’ll be cool and ready to go when I get home that evening. Pretty easy! Hello Sage,
Great post! One of my favorite winter rice soaker-upper dishes is chole (sometimes called chana masala). It’s a thick garbanzo bean/tomato curry spiced with coriander, cumin, turmeric, mustard and cumin seeds, and a little salt and pepper. As you noted, most of the work is in purchasing the exotic spices and soaking/cooking the beans. The dish itself can be prepared in less than 30 mins (well, more like an hour if you count brown rice cooking time too). BTW, my time-saving bean soaking ritual has become: 1). get home from work, soak 1-2 cups of desired beans overnight. 2). Wake up early next morning and walk dog, come home, put pot of partially-covered beans on to boil while catching up on NPR and getting ready for work 3). When it’s time to leave (presumably 20-30 minutes later), check beans. If not done, turn off flame, cover beans, and let them sit on the stove all day, they’ll be done when I get home. If done, push pot to cool burner, cover beans, and let sit. They’ll be cool and ready to go when I get home that evening. Pretty easy!

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