“What are we having for dinner tonight?” LeeLee asked me earlier today. “I hope it’s something light,” he added, surveying (as I had not one hour earlier in my own mind) the scene of our weekend behavior, which teemed with pizza and Thai.
He looked very relieved when I replied, “Red beans and rice
with a chik’n patty!” If there’s one
thing I’ve learned over the last 10 years in this marriage, it’s that red beans
and rice is always an acceptable
dinner. Always!
And so, with half an hour to work with, I put the rice into the
cooker and opened a can of dark red kidney beans, seasoning them as I like to
do with Cajun seasoning (Tony Chacherie is our brand of choice!). The beans simmered as the rice steamed, and
once the rice cooker clicked off, I put two Morningstar Farms chik’n patties in
the microwave and heated them up for several minutes. The microwave dinged as the rice finished
steaming, and I flicked the stovetop off – and we were ready to sit down to
dinner!
It was, as usual, a comforting, hearty, tasty, and healthy
meal – one that filled us up without weighing us down. Sadly, there were no leftovers, but that’s all
right too – another signal of a meal well-liked!
:)
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