Frozen mixed veggies are your friend. I buy huge bags of peas/carrots/corn at BJs, but grocery stores also have them. 1. Make rice pilaf (I love the Near East mix -- dump in boiling water, wait 20 minutes, and presto.) Put frozen veggies in bowl, microwave for a minute or two, put rice on top. Add cheese if you like it. 2. Make pasta. Throw veggies in for last 2 minutes of cooking time. Drain and put in tupperware (I make a week's worth of this at a time.) Before eating, microwave and douse with balsamic vinegar and salt or with pesto.
You can make your own burritos really easily and freeze them. Get a pack of tortillas, a box of Spanish rice mix, a jar of salsa and can of refried beans. If you're motivated, you could chop up a pepper and onion and stir fry them for 5 minutes in olive oil. Smear beans, rice, and veggies if using in a tortilla, add some salsa on top. Fold the ends in and roll it up. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and stick in freezer. Reheat in microwave. (The perk of this is that you can use up all the rice and beans at once.)
Pasta with roasted red peppers is one of my favorites: slice the pepper into strips, toss with olive oil and a clove or two of garlic you put through a press. In the oven for 10-15 minutes at 450 -- until all soft. Mix the peppers and oil from the pan with the pasta. (Using tinfoil on the sheet makes this much easier to clean up :->) Only needs one veggie!
Black beans: Drain a can of them, put them in a frying pan, add a little olive oil and some salsa (about half a cup). Cook with no lid until most of the liquid from the salsa is gone -- 10 minutes or so? Yummy with tortillas, tortilla chips, or couscous. (If you haven't discovered couscous, give it a try -- it takes 5 minutes to cook and is, IMHO, much more foolproof than rice :-> Also, to me, the whole wheat version, which is good for you, does not taste appreciably different than the other kinds.)
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Date: 2005-01-11 05:43 pm (UTC)Frozen mixed veggies are your friend. I buy huge bags of peas/carrots/corn at BJs, but grocery stores also have them.
1. Make rice pilaf (I love the Near East mix -- dump in boiling water, wait 20 minutes, and presto.) Put frozen veggies in bowl, microwave for a minute or two, put rice on top. Add cheese if you like it.
2. Make pasta. Throw veggies in for last 2 minutes of cooking time. Drain and put in tupperware (I make a week's worth of this at a time.) Before eating, microwave and douse with balsamic vinegar and salt or with pesto.
You can make your own burritos really easily and freeze them. Get a pack of tortillas, a box of Spanish rice mix, a jar of salsa and can of refried beans. If you're motivated, you could chop up a pepper and onion and stir fry them for 5 minutes in olive oil. Smear beans, rice, and veggies if using in a tortilla, add some salsa on top. Fold the ends in and roll it up. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and stick in freezer. Reheat in microwave. (The perk of this is that you can use up all the rice and beans at once.)
Pasta with roasted red peppers is one of my favorites: slice the pepper into strips, toss with olive oil and a clove or two of garlic you put through a press. In the oven for 10-15 minutes at 450 -- until all soft. Mix the peppers and oil from the pan with the pasta. (Using tinfoil on the sheet makes this much easier to clean up :->) Only needs one veggie!
Black beans: Drain a can of them, put them in a frying pan, add a little olive oil and some salsa (about half a cup). Cook with no lid until most of the liquid from the salsa is gone -- 10 minutes or so? Yummy with tortillas, tortilla chips, or couscous. (If you haven't discovered couscous, give it a try -- it takes 5 minutes to cook and is, IMHO, much more foolproof than rice :-> Also, to me, the whole wheat version, which is good for you, does not taste appreciably different than the other kinds.)