Continuing on with both the rice and the beans, it's time for trying the mains with a new set of regional spices.
Ingredients:
2 cups of kidney beans
6 cups of water
1 cup of rice
1 cup of water
1 jar of pasta sauce
1 onion
Some garlic and herb spice mix
Instructions:
Instant pot the beans, half of the spices and 6 cups of water for 50 minutes
As it's venting, dice the onion
Add a bit of the bean water to the bowl
Strain the beans
Add the beans to the bowl
Instant pot the rice with the rice option
Pan fry the onions and spices
Stir in the rice, beans, and pasta sauce
Cook for several minutes
Garnish with shredded mozzarella and serve with badly freezer burned garlic bread
This was ok. Not sure I'd recommend it normally, but adding variety in the midst of spending as little on food as possible was worth the experimentation.
