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This traditional Greek spanakorizo is a delicious way to brighten up your dinner table this winter. Made with fresh spinach leaves and medium grain rice (like risotto) and then topped with zesty lemon juice, chickpeas, and olives, this savory Mediterra…
This traditional Greek spanakorizo is a delicious way to brighten up your dinner table this winter. Made with fresh spinach leaves and medium grain rice (like risotto) and then topped with zesty lemon juice, chickpeas, and olives, this savory Mediterranean comfort food makes the perfect side dish or main course! However you choose to enjoy...
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This cabbage stir fry is like a tasty symphony of flavors in your mouth. You get that crispy cabbage, a little kick from sriracha, a touch of sweetness from maple syrup, and the savory umaminess from soy sauce. Plus, it’s super quick to make! If …
This cabbage stir fry is like a tasty symphony of flavors in your mouth. You get that crispy cabbage, a little kick from sriracha, a touch of sweetness from maple syrup, and the savory umaminess from soy sauce. Plus, it’s super quick to make! If you’d like to explore quick and easy stir fry entrees,...
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Eggs poached in seasoned black beans served over a bed of rice with fresh onion and cilantro makes a fast, filling, and budget-friendly meal!
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What are two of my favorite budget-friendly ingredients? Beans and eggs! And they come together perfectly to create a really simple and filling meal that’s great for breakfast, brunch, or just any time of the day (eggs all day every day, please!). And you really can’t beat the cost of this dish. Even with a few fancier toppings, my price per serving came in just over a dollar. 🙌
I love turning an inexpensive can of beans into a delicious meal, so the other day I was thinking, “Hey, I wonder if you could cook eggs in some saucy beans like you do shakshuka?” So I tried it out and it worked! This recipe is super simple, satisfying, and you can make it as simple or as extravagant as you’d like, depending on how you top it.
Here’s all you’ll need to make this super budget-friendly meal:
If you plan to eat your black beans and eggs over the course of a few days, do not pre-poach the eggs in the beans. Simply cook the seasoned beans and store the beans, rice, and toppings separately. Then cook a fresh egg each day to top the beans and rice. You can cook the egg using any method: scrambled, fried, soft-boiled, or hard-boiled.
This recipe is just asking for all sorts of fun toppings. You can really dress it up with tons of flavor and color, or keep it super simple and budget-friendly by drizzling some store-bought salsa over top. Here are some ideas for toppings other than what we used below:
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Mince two cloves of garlic (or more, if you’d like!) and one jalapeño (seeds removed). Add the garlic and jalapeño to a large skillet with 1 Tbsp olive oil and sauté over medium heat for 1-2 minutes, or just until the garlic softens a bit and becomes very fragrant. Don’t let the garlic brown.
Add two undrained cans of black beans to the skillet along with ¼ cup water and 1 tsp cumin.
Stir everything to combine, then let the beans simmer over medium for about 5 minutes, stirring often to prevent the beans from sticking to the bottom of the skillet. After simmering for five minutes, use the back of a large spoon to smash some of the beans and thicken the sauce.
Turn the heat down to medium-low and crack four large eggs onto the surface of the black beans.
Partially cover the skillet with a lid and allow the eggs to simmer in the beans for 7-10 minutes, or until they are cooked to your liking (less time for runny yolks, more time for solid yolks). Cook time can vary depending on how hot the beans are and how cold the eggs are, so watch them closely.
Top the eggs and black beans with chopped cilantro, diced red onion, and crumbled cotija cheese, or the toppings of your choice.
Serve over cooked rice and enjoy!
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This wild rice salad recipe is simple and bursting with flavor, with crunchy veggies, pecans, cranberries, a zingy dressing, and…
This wild rice salad recipe is simple and bursting with flavor, with crunchy veggies, pecans, cranberries, a zingy dressing, and feta cheese!
Here’s a hearty fall and winter side dish that’s just begging to jump onto your table: wild rice salad! This mix of rice with crunchy veggies, pecans, cranberries, and feta cheese crumbles is ideal for any occasion, from the holidays to a simple cozy dinner. A maple Dijon vinaigrette dressing infuses a tangy flavor throughout, punctuated by bursts of fresh parsley. It’s pretty simple to put together, and easy to make ahead. Side dish problems, solved!
Wild rice is perfect for fall and winter recipes, but did you know it’s not technically rice? It’s the seed from a native grass that grows in lakes and streams in the Northern US and Canada. But since it looks so much like it, wild rice is treated as rice in most cuisines. It was an important staple to Native Americans in the upper Great Lakes area of the US. (I’m from Minnesota originally, so wild rice was part of the heritage and history of where I lived growing up!)
This wild rice salad uses a wild rice blend, which mixes wild rice with various types of rice (most often brown). This makes it both more economical and a better texture for a salad! Here’s what you’ll need for wild rice salad:
A wild rice blend is perfect for using in a salad, because the texture of wild rice on its own can be rather heavy. Often wild rice blends will use brown rice, and sometimes other types like red and black rice. This makes the blend much cheaper to produce and it has a softer overall texture, making it easier to eat than straight wild rice.
In this recipe, you can use any package marked “wild rice blend.” Cooking instructions may vary depending on the brand, so use the timing and liquid specified on the package if it differs from this recipe.
This wild rice salad also works with pure wild rice! If all you have is pure wild rice, you can use that too. The cook time is essentially the same, but you’ll use more water and drain excess liquid after cooking (vs letting the water absorb in the wild rice blend method). Simply make the following changes:
This wild rice salad recipe is full of goodness, featuring the autumnal flavors of celery, green onion and parsley against nutty pecans and sweet cranberries. Want to swap out some of the ingredients to make it your own, or add some of your favorite items to the mix? Here are a few ideas:
This wild rice salad is the best fall and winter side. It’s a great fall salad or Thanksgiving side dish, it works for Christmas, and it’s versatile to use at any sort of dinner. Pair it with chicken, baked salmon or vegetarian dinners for a hearty, filling side. Here are a few more great side dishes to try:
Vegetarian and gluten-free. For vegan, omit the feta cheese crumbles.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 
Yield: 4 to 6 This wild rice salad recipe is simple and bursting with flavor, with crunchy veggies, pecans, cranberries, a zingy dressing, and feta cheese!
*You can use any package marked “wild rice blend” that contains a mix of wild rice with other types of rice, including brown, red and black. Cooking instructions may vary depending on the brand, so use the timing and liquid specified on the package if it differs from this recipe.
**If all you have is pure wild rice, you can use that too. Use 2 ½ cups water instead of 1 3/4. Simmer 45 to 50 minutes, until the rice is split and tender. (Most of the grains will split, but not all: see the photo.) If not, continue to cook until most grains are split, adding more water if necessary. When the rice is cooked, drain excess liquid.
Category: Side dish
Method: Stovetop
Cuisine: AmericanKeywords: Wild rice salad, wild rice salad recipe
Scrambled Eggs with Rice is a simple and delicious budget-friendly meal that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
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Rice is a quintessential budget-friendly ingredient, and my slogan has always been “put an egg on it!” So when I saw this recipe for Scrambled Eggs with Rice from the new cookbook The Simple Art of Rice: Recipes from Around the World for the Heart of Your Table by JJ Johnson and Danica Novgorodoff, I knew I had to make it. Not to mention, this recipe features the ingredient I currently can’t get enough of, gochujang! If you love fried rice, you’re going to love this recipe for scrambled eggs with rice. It’s just as easy, hearty, and delicious, plus it’s totally customizable. I’m definitely going to add this one to my budget-recipe rotation!
Chef JJ mentions in his book that the recipe is inspired by breakfast dishes found in both Japanese and Korean cultures. This incredibly simple yet satisfying dish is similar to fried rice, but the ratio between the rice and egg are a bit more even and the rice is stirred into the egg before it’s fully cooked, which gives the dish a slightly creamy texture. Best of all, it’s super fast and easy, so you really can make it on a typical morning (provided you have some cooked rice stashed in the refrigerator). It’s the perfect recipe for using up the leftovers in your fridge!
Are you ready to see how easy this is? You’ll only need these simple ingredients to make scrambled eggs with rice:
Simple recipes like this are awesome because there is so much room for customization. Here are a few ideas for other add-ins that will take your scrambled eggs with rice to the next level:
Thankfully, this recipe only takes minutes to whip up because it’s definitely best when freshly prepared. If you can’t eat it all in one sitting, store the rest in the refrigerator in an air-tight container for 2-3 days. Reheat using the microwave, sprinkling just a bit of water over top first (to help rehydrate the rice).
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Crack six large eggs into a bowl and whisk with a fork.
Add 2 Tbsp cooking oil to a large skillet and heat over medium-low. Once hot, add the eggs and lightly scramble. When they’re mostly set, add 2 tsp gochujang and stir to combine.
Add four cups of warm pre-cooked rice and stir to combine.
Season the eggs and rice with 3 Tbsp soy sauce and 1 Tbsp toasted sesame oil. Fold to incorporate. Give the mixture a taste and add more gochujang if desired (I like it spicy, so I added more).
Garnish with sliced green onions and serve!
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No more boring burritos: these are filled with saucy shredded dark-meat chicken, tangy cilantro rice, refried beans and melty cheese all rolled up in a soft flour tortilla and then pan-fried for a crispy, flaky finish. These filling and flavorful chicken, rice, and bean burritos can be served right away or frozen for later (you’ll […]
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No more boring burritos: these are filled with saucy shredded dark-meat chicken, tangy cilantro rice, refried beans and melty cheese all rolled up in a soft flour tortilla and then pan-fried for a crispy, flaky finish.
These filling and flavorful chicken, rice, and bean burritos can be served right away or frozen for later (you’ll never be satisfied with a store-bought frozen burrito again!)
Frozen burritos are a staple in our house: easy to pull out and heat up when you just can’t bear the thought of cooking (it happens to all of us).
But the problem with most store-bought frozen burritos is that they just aren’t very good. Dry, chewy tortillas and a measly amount of bland filling… they’re just not satisfying in the least.
So we set out to make our own, with an ultra flavorful shredded chicken filling along with cilantro rice, refried beans, and plenty of melty cheese to top it all off.
That alone would make for one satisfying burrito, but we took it one step further and toasted them, resulting in a flaky finish and an almost pastry-like crunch.
(more…)This lemon rice recipe is a simple way to make a stand-out side dish! It’s easy to whip up and…
This lemon rice recipe is a simple way to make a stand-out side dish! It’s easy to whip up and comes out zingy and citrusy.
Not sure about you, but we’re always looking to add a little pizzazz to our side dish game. Here’s the way to do it: this lemon rice recipe! Just a few simple ingredients take standard rice to the next level. Simply add lemon juice and zest, fresh garlic, and a bit of parsley to a pot of rice, and it infuses a zingy, citrusy flavor that’s positively irresistible! This is our new trick for entertaining and it always gets rave reviews.
Lemon rice is the type of recipe we love to whip up as a side dish, because it requires just a handful of ingredients to make big flavor impact. All you really need is rice and a lemon, and you might already be stocking most of the other ingredients. Here’s what you need for lemon rice:
Because it’s a simple ingredient list, there’s no shortcuts here! Use a real lemon with zest and juice, and a real garlic clove for the best flavor (not jarred in either case). However, if you don’t have garlic on hand, garlic powder tastes good too: though it doesn’t have the beautifully pungent flavor of fresh garlic.
There’s no trick to lemon rice: though it tastes greater than the sum of its parts! There are just a few things to note about the method:
The quickest and best way to zest a lemon for lemon rice? Use a microplane grater. A microplane is a handheld grater with sharp holes in it, which is quicker and more consistent than using a box grater or a zester. Here’s how to zest a lemon with a microplane:
Lemon rice is a truly versatile side dish: it pairs with many Mediterranean-style recipes from chicken to fish and vegetarian dinners. Here are a few great ways to serve it:
This lemon rice is one of our favorite easy and healthy side dishes! Here are a few more sides to try:
Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.
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Prep Time: 2 minutes
Rest Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 13 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 4 This lemon rice recipe is a simple way to make a stand-out side dish! It’s easy to whip up and comes out zingy and citrusy.
Category: Side dishMethod: StovetopCuisine: AmericanKeywords: Lemon rice
This Southwest Lentils and Rice Skillet is packed with veggies and bold flavors for a super filling, budget-friendly, and easy to make one pot skillet meal!
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I don’t know about you all, but I love one pot skillet meals! This simple Southwest Lentils and Rice Skillet was inspired by a protein meal bag that I used to buy in the grocery freezer section. I loved the flavors and combination of ingredients, but I realized that I could make 3 times as much and save more money by making it at home. But the best part about this dish is that it’s a “pantry cleaning” recipe. Meaning most of the ingredients are pantry staples like canned beans and tomatoes, lentils, rice, corn, herbs and spices. It’s truly budget-friendly, super filling, easy to make, and probably your new favorite meal prep recipe! :)
The good news is you probably already have most of these ingredients for this tasty skillet meal in your pantry right now! So here’s a brief rundown of what you’ll need:
There’s usually a wide variety of lentils sold in grocery stores these days including brown, red, yellow, black and french-style lentils. For this recipe you’ll want to use brown or brownish-green lentils which cook with about 20 minutes of simmering and do not require soaking. I don’t suggest using red or yellow lentils for this recipe because they break down quickly when cooked and they don’t hold their shape as well as brown lentils.
This recipe would be a little tricky to substitute brown rice in because brown rice takes much longer to cook than white rice, and it requires more liquid. The longer cook time would also cause the lentils to become mushy. So I recommend just sticking with the white rice for this recipe.
One of the best parts about this Southwest Lentils & Rice skillet is being able to customize it with all your favorite taco-style toppings! You can top it with some cilantro, your favorite cheese, and even a few diced tomatoes.
Or get really fancy with some diced avocado, pickled jalapeños, or a drizzle of lime crema. My personal favorite is to just serve it with shredded cheese, green onions, a side of salsa, and some tortilla chips. Sooo good!! :)
This lentils and rice meal holds up great in the fridge. Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. And it’s perfect for meal prep! I’ve meal-prepped this recipe quite a few times in separate storage containers, reheated in the microwave until warm, and boom…a quick and easy lunch or dinner any day of the week!
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In a large deep skillet, add 1 Tbsp olive oil and 1 small red onion, diced. Sauté over medium heat until onions are translucent, approximately 2-3 minutes. Add 2 minced garlic cloves and sauté an additional 30 seconds. Now add 1 1/2 tsp cumin, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp adobo seasoning, 1/2 tsp dried oregano, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp cracked black pepper. Stir and toast the spices for about 30 seconds.
Add 1/2 cup brown lentils, one 15oz. can black beans (drained & rinsed), one 14.5oz. can fire roasted tomatoes (with juices), 1 cup frozen corn, and 2 cups of vegetable broth to the skillet. Stir everything to combine. Place a lid on the skillet, turn the heat up to medium-high, and allow the mixture to come to a full boil. Once boiling, immediately reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 5 minutes. This will allow the lentils to start cooking first before adding the rice.
After 5 minutes, remove the lid and add 3/4 cups long grain white rice (rinsed). Stir briefly just to evenly distribute the rice, cover with a lid, bring the skillet back to a full boil, then reduce the heat again and simmer for 20 minutes. While the mixture is cooking, grate 1/2 cup cheddar cheese and slice two green onions.
After 20 minutes, remove the skillet from the heat and let it rest, with the lid on, for 5 minutes. After it has rested, remove the lid, fluff the rice and gently stir to redistribute the veggies.
Top the lentils and rice mixture with the shredded cheese and sliced green onions.
Serve with more of your favorite toppings and enjoy!
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Arroz Verde is a vibrant Mexican green rice dish that’s easy to make, budget-friendly, and infused with lots of earthy, herby flavors!
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Rice is one of our favorite budget-friendly side dishes, so when we saw the recipe for Arroz Verde in Karla Salinari’s new book, Abuela’s Plant-Based Kitchen: Vegan Cuisine Inspired by Latin & Caribbean Family Recipes, we knew we had to give it a try! This simple Arroz Verde (Green Rice) recipe is bright, full of earthy flavor, and the perfect way to use up any herbs or leafy greens in your fridge! So if you’re looking for a new tasty way to enjoy this weeknight staple side dish, then definitely give this green rice recipe a try!
Arroz Verde is a popular Mexican and Latin American green rice dish that’s known for its vibrant green color and herby flavors. It’s often made by cooking rice in a blended herb and leafy greens puree until it’s fluffy and infused with lots of earthy flavor.
This green rice recipe includes lots of vegetables and packs a ton of flavor! Here’s what you need to make this simple rice dish:
Arroz Verde would pair nicely with Easy Cilantro Lime Chicken, Garlic Butter Baked Cod, Pan Seared Chicken Breasts, or even with a side of Seasoned Black Beans! Other Mexican-inspired dishes like Cheese Enchiladas or Black Bean and Avocado Enchiladas would also go great with this rice dish!
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Add 1 cup of chopped Swiss chard, 1 cup fresh spinach, 1 cup parsley, 1/2 cup cilantro, 1/2 cup olive oil, and 3 garlic cloves (roughly chopped) to a food processor.
Process on high until mixture reaches a paste-like consistency.
Place a medium size pot over medium-high heat. Once hot, transfer the green vegetable mixture to the pot and sauté until fragrant, 2-3 minutes.
Add 2 cups long-grain white rice (washed & rinsed) to the pot and mix to combine, coating the rice with the green mixture.
Add 2 cups of boiling water and salt to taste to the pot, then let the mixture come to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer and cover with a tight lid. Cook for 20 min or until the rice is tender.
Once done remove the pot from the heat and using a fork fluff the rice. Add 1/2 cup cooked green peas and 1/4 cup sliced scallions and combine.
Serve and garnish with fresh chopped cilantro if desired. Simple and delicious! Enjoy!
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