Category Archives: Cooking & Recipes

New Flatware

I decided meal time would be more fun with a variety of mismatched flatware/silverware. So off to the thrift stores I rode in search of just that. First was forks and then on subsequent trips I’ve gotten spoons and knives. All in varying styles and patterns.

Dirty Rice

Ingredients
1 package Beyond Meat Beyond Beef crumbles
2 cups uncooked brown rice
1 small onion chopped
1 bell pepper chopped (I used half a green and half of a red)
3-4 celery stalks chopped
1 jalapeno sliced
2 cloves minced garlic

Directions
Cook rice however you normally would
Brown the meat crumbles
Add veggies and continue cooking until veggies soften up
Add in cooked rice
Salt & Pepper to taste

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Mexican Rice

Notes: I cooked in the rice cooker after browning rice. I also added corn.

Ingredients
Vegetable oil
1 cup long grain rice
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1 cup vegetable broth
Chopped fresh cilantro

Directions
In a big sauce pan brown rice in oil.
Add garlic and cumin and stir.
Add tomato sauce and broth.
Bring the mix to a boil then turn heat to low and simmer till all liquid is absorbed.
Stir in cilantro.

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