rawr!
I'm very broke right now. As a result I have been eatting rice and pasta salad because that's pretty much what I got to work with. What is annoying is I will get full at the time of eatting but my stomach will start growling only a few hours later. Like I ate a ton of rice and pasta salad at 1:30 and here is 4pm and my stomach is growling. NO FAIR
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hungry again.
If you can afford dry beans to soak, then cook and mix with the pasta and the rice, you will get a mix of protein and carbs, and your body will be happier. Red or black beans are a natural mix with rice, and cannelini (white kidney) beans would pair well with pasta.
The only reason I suggested dry beans is because they are cheap as hell, but they do of course require a soak before cooking. Here in MKE I can get canned organic beans in an "off" brand for about $1 to $1.20 a can, so I rarely buy dry, because I often cook by the seat of my pants and realize I should have been soaking dry beans a day earlier if I want to pull off what I want to cook TONIGHT.
Come to think of it, if you can spare a few more dollars, pair pasta, some veggie broth (or water,) some kidney beans, a can of tomatoes and a little mirepoix sauteed (I sometimes grab a little celery, carrot, and onion from a salad bar in a grocery store for a quick mirepoix,) you could whip up a giant batch of minestrone and freeze leftovers.
I costed it out once, and a batch of minestrone costs me about $15 to make a huge pot, and that is two full means for Whendee, Scout and I, and usually we end up with some in the freezer or coming to work with Whendee or I for lunches.
Anyways, mix up the carbs with a protein. Beans is cheep.
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