Over in My Feral and Rescued Cats thread in Caring for Strays and Ferals there was a digression that started with eating peanut butter and morphed into low cost nutritious food - for humans, I hasten to add.
I added my 25 cents (cost of everything has gone up, you know, 2 cents no longer adequate) and wrote the following:
"If you're looking for low cost protein there's nothing better than beans and corn, eaten together. They have complementary amino acids so between the two have all 9 amino acids that we cannot manufacture in our bodies. That makes them an inexpensive source for complete protein.
I just cooked a batch of Goya small red beans. Turned some into soup (puree some of the cooked beans, add to broth with more beans, carrots, celery, etc) and serve with homemade cornmeal muffins.
Or make chili with beans and a small amount of meat, and serve with corn tortillas."
Any other suggestions?
I added my 25 cents (cost of everything has gone up, you know, 2 cents no longer adequate) and wrote the following:
"If you're looking for low cost protein there's nothing better than beans and corn, eaten together. They have complementary amino acids so between the two have all 9 amino acids that we cannot manufacture in our bodies. That makes them an inexpensive source for complete protein.
I just cooked a batch of Goya small red beans. Turned some into soup (puree some of the cooked beans, add to broth with more beans, carrots, celery, etc) and serve with homemade cornmeal muffins.
Or make chili with beans and a small amount of meat, and serve with corn tortillas."
Any other suggestions?