Weekend Cooking - Need Inspiration for Staples

[Anonymous]

I keep dutifully buying all staples. I have it all: Beans, lentils, rice, farro, quinoa, potatoes, onions...

What should I actually make? Plant focused but can have meat too. I'm going to the store later so sky's the limit. Just need inspiration!

[Anonymous]

lentil and potato stew with sausage!

Here’s one recipe:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021588-smoky-lentil-stew-with-leeks-and-potatoes?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

I don’t like buying specialty ingredients, so you could skip the saffron and rosemary and it will still taste good. just throw in some dried thyme. I do have smoked paprika in my pantry already. I hate prepping leeks so would get them pre-prepped from TJ’s. Pro tip - the pre-prepped bagged leeks from TJs actually last quite a while! If I truly did not want to bother I might just do onion and more garlic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lentil and potato stew with sausage!

Here’s one recipe:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021588-smoky-lentil-stew-with-leeks-and-potatoes?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

I don’t like buying specialty ingredients, so you could skip the saffron and rosemary and it will still taste good. just throw in some dried thyme. I do have smoked paprika in my pantry already. I hate prepping leeks so would get them pre-prepped from TJ’s. Pro tip - the pre-prepped bagged leeks from TJs actually last quite a while! If I truly did not want to bother I might just do onion and more garlic.

Thank you! I have saffron, rosemary AND smoked paprika! Agree about prepping leeks. So sandy. I'll do more onion and garlic.
😘😘😘

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lentil and potato stew with sausage!

Here’s one recipe:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021588-smoky-lentil-stew-with-leeks-and-potatoes?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

I don’t like buying specialty ingredients, so you could skip the saffron and rosemary and it will still taste good. just throw in some dried thyme. I do have smoked paprika in my pantry already. I hate prepping leeks so would get them pre-prepped from TJ’s. Pro tip - the pre-prepped bagged leeks from TJs actually last quite a while! If I truly did not want to bother I might just do onion and more garlic.

Thank you! I have saffron, rosemary AND smoked paprika! Agree about prepping leeks. So sandy. I'll do more onion and garlic.
😘😘😘

report back how it was!

[Anonymous]

Beans - obviously depends on the beans. I love just dumping a can of black beans (most of the liquid drained out) into a pot and add a ton of cumin and lime, then eat that with chips, sour cream, avocado, etc., and eat with tortilla chips.

If you have refried beans, you can do a seven-layer dip thing.

For garbanzo beans, this smashed chickpea salad is great (I like mine as a sandwich) https://smittenkitchen.com/2009/01/smashed-chickpea-salad/

If you have white beans, you can make this white bean stew which is one of the best meals ever: https://smittenkitchen.com/2011/01/chard-and-white-bean-stew/


For potatoes, you can do baked potatoes, a spanish tortilla, potato salad served with a roast chicken or something.

[Anonymous]

Last week I cooked some farro and roasted butternut squash cubes.
For lunches I had a salad of arugula, farro, butternut squash, goat cheese with lemon juice and olive oil. It was delicious!

[Anonymous]

The Black Bean Taquitos were really good
https://cooktoria.com/baked-black-bean-taquitos/

If you want to use your rice, I make my so called Mexican Rice frequently for sides, or bean and rice burritos. I just put rice and water in a rice cooker with Salsa and taco seasoning.

I made this soup this weekend and added beans and substituted Impossible Meatballs for the sausage. Delicious. Served with roasted baby potatoes.
https://www.saltandlavender.com/italian-sausage-orzo-soup/

I love making a big frittata (or baked egg thing), with potatoes baked in.

[Anonymous]

I’ve recently made these things w good results:

Chickpeas and cauliflower, roasted w garam masala and other spices
Lime cilantro rice
Tomato soup
Chicken thighs and rice in the rice cooker

Roasted vegetables also a classic

[Anonymous]

Kasha varnishka.