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Rice and beans. There are 1000 variations.

by pg 18y ago

soundsop 18y ago
And some vegetables too. Frozen or from a can is dead easy.
- bootload 18y ago
  "... And some vegetables too. Frozen or from a can is dead easy ..." Good point. You can get probably 1/2 your dietary fibre with a cup of green frozen peas, heated & mushed ~ http://www.opensourcefood.com/people/bootload/recipes/mushy-peas http://www.opensourcefood.com/people/bootload/recipes/mushy-...
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ryanwaggoner 18y ago
Whoa! I'm eating that now...that kind of freaks me out. Throw some salsa in the beans and eat it over brown rice. Healthy and tasty.
catone 18y ago
Or take some black beans, jack cheese, a tortilla and some salsa and make a quesadilla. To the OP: I find making pizza is really cheap and versatile (i.e., it can take you awhile to get sick of it). Most supermarkets sell premade dough for $1 or so. Then just get some sauce and cheese and any other toppings you might like (I love making a pizza with butternut squash, garlic, shallots, scallions, olive oil, mozarella, salt and pepper -- no red sauce). The whole thing is done in a half hour and for half the price -- or less -- of a take out pizza. Salads are good to... veggies get a little pricier, especially out of season... but a hearty salad with nuts and cheese is great for you and not _that_ expensive. Same with soups, which can made pretty easily and cheaply with pretty much anything you have lying around. :)
- eru 18y ago
  Dough is too easy to do yourself. No need for the premade stuff.
rjett 18y ago
PG forgot to mention that at least 900 of these variations involve sour cream and salsa :)
dcurtis 18y ago
After a summer of YC, I can say that rice and beans, while amazing, get boring after exactly three months.
- kajecounterhack 18y ago
  Did you try adding curry? Believe it or not duck sauce on rice and beans is pretty amazing too. Then theres always top ramen, but its not exactly on that healthy list, haha.
- tlrobinson 18y ago
  While I agree, after a winter of YC, then a spring and summer of no YC, I'm looking forward to visiting the next round this winter to get my rice and beans fix ;)
JesseAldridge 18y ago
If you're like me and super lazy when it comes to cooking you should get one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Maxi-Aids-Microwave-Rice-Cooker/dp/B00011R41Q/ http://www.amazon.com/Maxi-Aids-Microwave-Rice-Cooker/dp/B00... It's really just a plastic, microwave safe pot. 1) Dump in ~5 handfulls of raw beans, fill the pot up with water, leave them to soak overnight overnight. 2) Dump the water. Add ~6 handfulls of rice. Fill it with water again. 3) Stick it in the microwave for 30 minutes. 4) Dump out the water. Add 2 cans of vegetables and some kind of sauce. 5) Bam, done. The pot should keep you fed for the entire day. If you want to mix it up, you can also cook noodles in the thing. That's even easier cuz you don't need to soak the noodles. Just drop in some noodles, add water, and microwave for 15 minutes. Done! Real noodles are a lot healthier than that Ramen crap. The pot only costs 10 bucks. I've been using it for about a year now and it still works great.
mroman 18y ago
That's what I have most of the time, and take a one a day multivitamin pill everyday, plus lots of water (and caffeine of course)
kingkongrevenge 18y ago
> Rice and beans. I wouldn't aspire to a Hispanic diet. They're mostly short and chubby as far as I can see.
- Shooter 18y ago
  I rarely downvote, but your comment has left me wishing I had a few more to spare.
- albertcardona 18y ago
  Living on a dry, high-altitude altiplan or on a humid low-land makes a hell of a difference. The diet has something to do, but heat management affects human body growth far more, considering a baseline amount of ingested calories. Hence the children of Mexican immigrants living in California are way taller and have longer arms. That, on top of the genetic selection for individuals with big chest and short arms, as a positive adaptation to high altitude (and thin bodies and long arms for coast lands --the micronesian being the exception, since they were selected for long periods of food deprivation, while sailing from island to island). Go study anthropology before making stupid comments.
  - kingkongrevenge 18y ago
    This is pretty much nonsense. Different races have all kinds of different builds in different climates. I suppose you'd say Eskimos are stubby and fat to retain heat. Except you'd be wrong because the ones living in the outback are of average height and leaner than most populations. Short arms for altitude? The Masai are highland plains people, ya seen pictures? Diet determines build and height in a population. I stand by my assertion. The Dutch have gone from the shortest people in Europe to the tallest and among the healthiest because now they eat lots of meat and cheese. The Sikhs are ethnically identical to neighboring muslims and hindus but are much taller and leaner because they eat a dairy heavy diet. Hispanics are relatively short and chubby because they eat cheap starchy food.
- icey 18y ago
  In that case, could you let us know what you eat so we can avoid being bigoted morons?
jyothi 18y ago
Rice, beans and cut vegetables. Cook them together, add little pepper and salt. This won't take much time either.

Rice and beans. There are 1000 variations.

by pg 18y ago

Rice and beans. There are 1000 variations.

soundsop 18y ago

And some vegetables too. Frozen or from a can is dead easy.

bootload 18y ago
"... And some vegetables too. Frozen or from a can is dead easy ..." Good point. You can get probably 1/2 your dietary fibre with a cup of green frozen peas, heated & mushed ~ http://www.opensourcefood.com/people/bootload/recipes/mushy-peas http://www.opensourcefood.com/people/bootload/recipes/mushy-...

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ryanwaggoner 18y ago

Whoa! I'm eating that now...that kind of freaks me out. Throw some salsa in the beans and eat it over brown rice. Healthy and tasty.

catone 18y ago

Or take some black beans, jack cheese, a tortilla and some salsa and make a quesadilla. To the OP: I find making pizza is really cheap and versatile (i.e., it can take you awhile to get sick of it). Most supermarkets sell premade dough for $1 or so. Then just get some sauce and cheese and any other toppings you might like (I love making a pizza with butternut squash, garlic, shallots, scallions, olive oil, mozarella, salt and pepper -- no red sauce). The whole thing is done in a half hour and for half the price -- or less -- of a take out pizza. Salads are good to... veggies get a little pricier, especially out of season... but a hearty salad with nuts and cheese is great for you and not _that_ expensive. Same with soups, which can made pretty easily and cheaply with pretty much anything you have lying around. :)

eru 18y ago
Dough is too easy to do yourself. No need for the premade stuff.

rjett 18y ago

PG forgot to mention that at least 900 of these variations involve sour cream and salsa :)

dcurtis 18y ago

After a summer of YC, I can say that rice and beans, while amazing, get boring after exactly three months.

kajecounterhack 18y ago
Did you try adding curry? Believe it or not duck sauce on rice and beans is pretty amazing too. Then theres always top ramen, but its not exactly on that healthy list, haha.
tlrobinson 18y ago
While I agree, after a winter of YC, then a spring and summer of no YC, I'm looking forward to visiting the next round this winter to get my rice and beans fix ;)

JesseAldridge 18y ago

If you're like me and super lazy when it comes to cooking you should get one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Maxi-Aids-Microwave-Rice-Cooker/dp/B00011R41Q/ http://www.amazon.com/Maxi-Aids-Microwave-Rice-Cooker/dp/B00... It's really just a plastic, microwave safe pot. 1) Dump in ~5 handfulls of raw beans, fill the pot up with water, leave them to soak overnight overnight. 2) Dump the water. Add ~6 handfulls of rice. Fill it with water again. 3) Stick it in the microwave for 30 minutes. 4) Dump out the water. Add 2 cans of vegetables and some kind of sauce. 5) Bam, done. The pot should keep you fed for the entire day. If you want to mix it up, you can also cook noodles in the thing. That's even easier cuz you don't need to soak the noodles. Just drop in some noodles, add water, and microwave for 15 minutes. Done! Real noodles are a lot healthier than that Ramen crap. The pot only costs 10 bucks. I've been using it for about a year now and it still works great.

mroman 18y ago

That's what I have most of the time, and take a one a day multivitamin pill everyday, plus lots of water (and caffeine of course)

kingkongrevenge 18y ago

> Rice and beans. I wouldn't aspire to a Hispanic diet. They're mostly short and chubby as far as I can see.

Shooter 18y ago
I rarely downvote, but your comment has left me wishing I had a few more to spare.
albertcardona 18y ago
Living on a dry, high-altitude altiplan or on a humid low-land makes a hell of a difference. The diet has something to do, but heat management affects human body growth far more, considering a baseline amount of ingested calories. Hence the children of Mexican immigrants living in California are way taller and have longer arms. That, on top of the genetic selection for individuals with big chest and short arms, as a positive adaptation to high altitude (and thin bodies and long arms for coast lands --the micronesian being the exception, since they were selected for long periods of food deprivation, while sailing from island to island). Go study anthropology before making stupid comments.
- kingkongrevenge 18y ago
  This is pretty much nonsense. Different races have all kinds of different builds in different climates. I suppose you'd say Eskimos are stubby and fat to retain heat. Except you'd be wrong because the ones living in the outback are of average height and leaner than most populations. Short arms for altitude? The Masai are highland plains people, ya seen pictures? Diet determines build and height in a population. I stand by my assertion. The Dutch have gone from the shortest people in Europe to the tallest and among the healthiest because now they eat lots of meat and cheese. The Sikhs are ethnically identical to neighboring muslims and hindus but are much taller and leaner because they eat a dairy heavy diet. Hispanics are relatively short and chubby because they eat cheap starchy food.
icey 18y ago
In that case, could you let us know what you eat so we can avoid being bigoted morons?

jyothi 18y ago

Rice, beans and cut vegetables. Cook them together, add little pepper and salt. This won't take much time either.