complete simplicity, flavor optional
Jul. 5th, 2008 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tylikEspecially when I'm busy I'll sometimes go through these phases where I'll make a whole lot of something simple that I like. Like open face sandwiches with goat cheese (back when I was eating dairy, hummus now) and fresh tomatoes. Or shelled edamame with tamari, rice vinegar and a little sesame oil. Recently I've been eating a lot of brown basmati rice with furikake. (It's actually a vegan furikake that's my favorite of the moment, out of the four or five I keep on hand.) Anyhow, really good for something that doesn't contain fresh vegetables. However, it doesn't have the right distribution of amino acids, which means that if I eat a bit as a light dinner there is a high chance I will wake up earlier than I want and really hungry. The problem is that I pressure cook my rice, and lentils and rice cook for different times. And the whole point of something like this is that it requires very little effort. Opening and repressurizing the pressure cooker is a lot of effort on that scale.
Rice and Lentils
2/3 c french green lentils
1 1/3 c brown basmati rice
Soak the lentils in the pressure cooker for a while. At least an hour.
Drain, and add rice. Add 2 1/2 c water. Bring the pressure cooker up to pressure, cook for fourteen minutes. Remove from heat. Done when cooker depressurizes.
Back when I was really broke I did a lot of living off of brown rice and lentils. You can live off of something like this, some fruits and veggies and maybe some nuts or something pretty much indefinitely. (Actually, it's pretty darned healthy, though it gets dull.) You can also use it as a base for anything you happen to have on hand. Add some peanut sauce. Add some salsa. Cook with garlic and mushrooms, and then add a bunch of Parmesan cheese. It's kind of the granola equivalent of top ramen.
Rice and Lentils
2/3 c french green lentils
1 1/3 c brown basmati rice
Soak the lentils in the pressure cooker for a while. At least an hour.
Drain, and add rice. Add 2 1/2 c water. Bring the pressure cooker up to pressure, cook for fourteen minutes. Remove from heat. Done when cooker depressurizes.
Back when I was really broke I did a lot of living off of brown rice and lentils. You can live off of something like this, some fruits and veggies and maybe some nuts or something pretty much indefinitely. (Actually, it's pretty darned healthy, though it gets dull.) You can also use it as a base for anything you happen to have on hand. Add some peanut sauce. Add some salsa. Cook with garlic and mushrooms, and then add a bunch of Parmesan cheese. It's kind of the granola equivalent of top ramen.
