Black Beans and Rice

black beans

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: pinto beans

Lentils are lower in calories and pinto beans are often less expensive.

white rice

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: quinoa

Brown rice offers more fiber while quinoa is often similarly priced.

Smash and mince garlic.

Peel and dice red onion by making horizontal slices followed by vertical slices.

Mention the use of epazote, a herb that can reduce flatulence from beans, and suggest finding it in Latin markets or online.

Add bay leaves to the dish for flavor.

Prepare a pot by sliding an insert into the hole before adding water to stabilize it.

Add water to the pot, mentioning that vegetable stock can be used for more flavor, but it would make the dish non-vegan.

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