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[quote=Anonymous]Keep in mind that when using legumes you should combine them with grain. The reason is generally grains tend to be low in lysine, but combining them with legumes you maximize the complete protein. (I was a farm girl and one of my jobs was working out the combinations of soybean meal and grain--barley or corn usually--when grinding and mixing feed for hogs). That's the idea behind putting beans on a tortilla.

Growing up in meat-and-potato country (growing up in an area with a lot of Scandinavian ancestry, rice was something you put cinnamon and butter on) I never heard of eating beans and rice as a kid. But I'll make a batch of that every few weeks--some kind of beans, rice, onion, garlic, cumin, some cayenne, peppers, and random other vegetables from the fridge.

I also like to make a salad recipe I found labeled as Mediterranean. It's rice (brown or white) and lentils, diced carrots and celery (I steam them for awhile to make them more tender and that sweetens them a bit), onion, garlic, olive oil, apple cider vinegar (I add a little sugar as well), thyme, and once again maybe some other random vegetables. It's great cold or warm, keeps for days, and both comforting and refreshing. [/quote]

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