Beans or lentils with rice is an excellent staple meal. Easy to cook, cheap, lasts a long time, can be done in many flavorful ways. You can cook red beans in a

Beans or lentils with rice is an excellent staple meal. Easy to cook, cheap, lasts a long time, can be done in many flavorful ways. You can cook red beans in a cajun style, many sorts of lentils (dal) in an Indian style, lots and lots of different ways to do it. I used to be a vegetarian when I was younger, and I still cook something along these lines very often.