Generic Bean Quisine

[Theresa]

This was posted on another forum about 4 years ago by PacosMom. I have been organizing my email today(yes I have over 4 years of email saved)
Had to share with all of you, but still want her to get the credit for the recipe
PS: Wish I had saved her real name


Mix together bags of dried beans & rice. Pinto & kidney beans, lentil, split peas, navy beans, brown rice, etc.
(just not black beans, turns all black).

Boil 2 cups water, add 1 cup bean/rice mix.
Return to boil, remove from heat, cover, let stand for 2 hours.

Cover bottom of 4 freezer bowls with elbow macaroni, uncooked.
Drain water from cooked mix. Spoon over noodles until half full.

Fill to top with frozen mixed veggies. Sprinkle over top, about ½ cup orange juice.

Cover & turn over several times to distribute juice, then freeze until ready to use.

Thaw, mix and serve.

The orange juice helps prevent spoilage, but remove uneaten portion after 4 hours.

 

[magni]

I have to try that

 

[Thugluvgrl187]

Thanks for the recipe

 

[marian]

I'll be making this too.

 

[Goldie]

This sounds good! I'll be trying this one out too!

 

[rockoko]

thanks!

 

[GG.]

thanks, this sounds great!!

 

[Theresa]

You are all very welcome I am making this right now, so we will see if the chickens like it

 

[Stacy_b]

awesome

 

[HungryBird]

Can I ask why you leave the pasta uncooked?

 

[Theresa]

Ok, here it is. The reason the veggies look odd is because most of my brats prefer it chopped fine, so half is chopped.

 

[Stacy_b]

Looking good...how did they like it

 

[Merlie]

Can I ask why you leave the pasta uncooked?

I believe, if you layer it correctly, the uncooked pasta will actually absorb the moisture from the beans/veggies/orange juice. By leaving the pasta uncooked, it doesn't become overly mushy.

I know when I make up my veggie mash, as I bag it in individual serving sizes for freezing, I add a small handful of uncooked brown rice, small pasta, or quinoa .. this seems to help the veggie mash from becoming too mushy from moisture in the veggies themselves.

 

[~Tiko~]

Very nice! Will have to try it out on my fids! Thanks!

 

[evsrin]

Thanks for sharing! Does anyone have suggestions for adding flavors to this? I have a hard time getting my GCC to eat stuff like this, and I've tried adding cinnamon & nutmeg and he doesn't seem to care for those. I had previously bought him beak appetite and I thought it smelled SOOOO good, well nope! He wouldn't eat it!

He also doesn't seem to like Orange Juice all that much, but he does like Cranberry-Cherry juice. Could I add that to this without any spoiling problems? I'd imagine is should be fine since I'd freeze it into individual portions.