Budget Best Beans and Rice

Have you considered using a Berkey at the cabin rather than using water that has been stored in plastic?

I love your cabinets 😊

Bottled water seems like a waste. Why not use a Brita filtering system. They have different types of filters to filter out impurities.

boroux is a water purifier brand you can use for that well water...research that one.

Great recipe, looking forward to trying it!

Thank you - love you recipes and videos.

Thank You for this wonderful recipe. I grew up with rice and beans, we had it often and my late mother was a phenominal cook, she also put ham in her beans. She did not have a crock pot but I do and I look forward to making beans in it now that I have this recipe you shared with us. The supper looks so lovely and nourishing. I would like to let you know that I am very appreciative for these delightful and money saving meals you put together. Thank you for all the trouble you go to to share and present great food all the time, but these frugal meals remind this viewer of my wonderful loving mother. she fed ten of us, including the adults on one income and her meals were just delicious. Thank you very much.

Pam! You're using a black plastic spoon!

Sos pads

Thank you for sharing 😊

Ceiling fan is out of balance and squaks

Good video

It is hard to beat a meal of rice and beans (maybe beans over cornbread?), in either case it is such a comforting supper.

I have never eaten rice and beans and now I eat low-carb. But I love you and Jim so much that I watch anyway!🎉🎉🎉

I still can’t believe that lodge came with a Viking stove.

It looks a lot like Brazilian food… 🤤❤️🇧🇷

That looks yummy! I am going to have to try that recipe. Is that a ceiling fan I hear squeaking in the background? 😂

Oh thank you for the recipe. A Louisiana girl here and have been eating pintos and rice my entire life, but never with tomatoes! Going to give it a try😊

Those look so good!😋 I love beans and cornbread ( my favorite is butterbeans).

Just an FYI, when using the fast soak method, after boiling for 2 minutes and soaking for an hour, then draining, you then cover with fresh water and boil for 30 minutes. The beans are now ready for cooking or canning. You can use that cooking water or fresh or broth (per NCHFP).

Pam, are white kidney beans/cannellini beans the same as red kidney beans regarding lectins? My son is so sensitive to lectins and he breaks out with eczema.

I love beans and rice but I do use red beans. I soak overnight with lots of water and a tbsp of baking soda. For some reason the baking soda eliminates all that GI distress (gas) that can be so troublesome

Love pinto beans.

Excellent

Thank you for the info about the lectins. From now on I’ll soak the beans if I make a recipe from scratch.👍🌹

Thank you for the kidney bean video by the way,l recently watched it.

We enjoyed your video

Thank you for this. Store some canned beans, just in case the power is limited because if fuel supplies.

You need to borrow a cat for the trips there.

I love beans and rice. Will definitely be trying your recipe. Thx for sharing.

I'm glad you are up front about the mice. They live everywhere. Doesn't matter how fancy or humble a house you live in, they find their way in. Not sure if I commented about this before, but I use a couple of water traps to catch mice outdoors. One just behind the house, one in the shed. I leave them out all year, just let the water freeze in the winter, no big deal. They work well. They're free (I made mine from recycled materials I had on hand). I pour a couple inches of rainwater into each one, and bait them with old nut butters. Occasionally, along with mice, I get a chipmunk or two, if I'm lucky (they eat my tomatoes)! I would caution anyone who is battling mice, they like chocolate, so keep that in a metal container, or you'll wind up using it to bait your mousetraps after they've spoiled it. As an aside, I just watched a yt on the nighthawkinlight channel about waterproofing cardboard. I wonder if you could adapt it to your needs. It's fun just to watch the science demo, but also very economical.

That looked fabulous! Thank you - I'll be trying that!

The foul works until you can get the cracks repaired properly

I love that sink. Did you put peanut butter on the trap. Bottled water contains mocro plastic which are not good. I had dibs on the ham.

I love how honest and real you always are. You're always inspiring me to be the best version of myself that I can be. Thank you.

I know you've recently done a clean out of your plastics because you've been convinced that they were not great for your health, so I thought I would mention that the pot you were using for cooking your rice has a coating on it that isn't great for our bodies. I think pfas chemicals or similar. Might be worth researching.

Thanks again for your videos. I love them.

I have snakes in my basement. Never see signs of mice 😂

TY for your wisdom about Trumps comments. He has done so much good, but has the occasional cringe-worthy comments. I guess we all do!

Looks amazing!

I will use quinoa as rice has lead but looks so good!

Never cooked beans from scratch; I love beans no matter how they are cooked. Unfortunately never had proper time to perfect it. Now have time but not complete health. Always something. Thanks.

I have beans nearly every day. *Pre soaker here!

I hope that you have had the opportunity to try MAYOCABA white Beans made by VERDE VALLE.

Many grocery stores sell in the International food Aisle. If not, Amazon and or Walmart sell online.

They are the creamiest and mild tasting bean, that make a beautiful broth as well. USE AMPLE WATER WHILE SLOW COOKING.

I cook on the stove top * presoak over nite. They triple in size when fully cooked.

I do add a several Bay leaves and salt, and a large Onion.

THE AROMA IN THE HOUSE IS WONDERFUL!

They freeze very well too.

ENJOY!🙋

Lovely

Peanut butter or chocolate poison bait. Comes in a gallon size bucket, and will take care of even rats. Blocks look like large baking chocolate, safe around humans and pets.

It looks yummy! One recipe I will be trying very soon. This is the kind of meal we are going back to more and more.
Thank you, Pam & Jim!

That’s a great meal!!! I might top it with a slice or three of avocado 🥑. And have a tall glass of seltzer with a scoop of raspberry or peach sorbet … Yay! Dinner is planned! 😁 🤗🙏❤️

Pam and Jim: When baiting mouse traps with cheese, put the cheese on the trap trigger and let it get hard so they have to work to get it off triggering the trap. I have used peanut butter on mouse traps as well. I once had a small mouse in my living room and we tried everything to trap the silly little bugger it seem nothing would cause it to go for the baited trap. So I melted a chocolate chip and smeared it onto the trigger of the trap and let it harden. Within a day the mouse was trapped. My husband laughed and said what you had was a gourmet mouse on your hands and I was just using the wrong bait. Pam you should do the same soaking technique for your rice to remove the toxins it has in it. I hope the cabin is up to snuff soon so you and Jim can just enjoy your visits to the cabin.

I wondered if you are able to buy 1 gallon jugs of water for cooking, that may save a little $$ ?

❤ beans, glorious beans. Thanks Pam for this recipe and love the use of rice.

Check out the Berkeley water filtration system. Have watched videos on that and it might be useful for your drinking water in the future.