Can you help me out with a crockpot dinner idea?

09-12-2009, 12:10 PM

I have some premade up basmati rice that I'd like to use.

I have dry beans...so I'd need to get them pre-cooking now if I want to use them tonight...

I have all sorts of tomato everything.

I have fresh spinach or frozen green beans, corn, or a casserole mix.

I have fajita seasoning and veggie broth.

Ideas?

---------- Post added at 12:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:06 PM ----------

Oh and I have some premade seitan I could use...

Six Little Feet · 09-12-2009, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HummusDip

I have some premade up basmati rice that I'd like to use.

I have dry beans...so I'd need to get them pre-cooking now if I want to use them tonight...

I have all sorts of tomato everything.

I have fresh spinach or frozen green beans, corn, or a casserole mix.

I have fajita seasoning and veggie broth.

Ideas?

I would cook the bean, and tomatoes together with some Italian spices. Then near the end put in the spinach and then serve over the rice.

Abibigail · 09-12-2009, 12:23 PM

Or make chili.

I like chili and rice.

09-12-2009, 01:04 PM

We are just finishing up chili.

I'll get some beans on now. That sounds good.

Firebird Rising · 09-12-2009, 01:11 PM

You've gotten some good ideas so I wanted to first address the pre-cooking of the beans. You don't have to.

For our beans (we make them anywhere from 2-3 times a week), we just put the beans in (after rinsing them) and add boiling water and set to cook on high. I've always been told NOT to add salt during the cooking process, that the beans will retain a bit of crunch. So I always add them once they're cooked. We always add a chopped onion to the pot when we start it up and sometimes some minced garlic.

Now, we also do garbanzos the same way and let me tell you. There is NOTHING like crockpot garbanzos. They are like butter. I DO put salt in them in the beginning. I just do what I'm told by my grandma who is the bean queen. Oh, garbanzos. I need some. They are magnificent.

HTH and makes it simpler for you.

Jen D.

mama-hobbit · 09-12-2009, 04:26 PM

She said what I was gonna say!

09-12-2009, 12:10 PM	#1
HummusDip Guest Posts: n/a	Can you help me out with a crockpot dinner idea? I have some premade up basmati rice that I'd like to use. I have dry beans...so I'd need to get them pre-cooking now if I want to use them tonight... I have all sorts of tomato everything. I have fresh spinach or frozen green beans, corn, or a casserole mix. I have fajita seasoning and veggie broth. Ideas? ---------- Post added at 12:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:06 PM ---------- Oh and I have some premade seitan I could use...

09-12-2009, 12:23 PM	#3
Abibigail Rose Garden Abby-bigail! Not a-BIB-igail. :) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Just east of the Mississippi. :) Posts: 7,896	Re: Can you help me out with a crockpot dinner idea? Or make chili. I like chili and rice. __________________ Abigail...but you can call me Abby Full-time student, baby! part-time Spanish interpreter and Single Mama to E, 12/06, and L, 07/08! Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be. --Clementine Paddleford

09-12-2009, 01:04 PM	#4
HummusDip Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Can you help me out with a crockpot dinner idea? We are just finishing up chili. I'll get some beans on now. That sounds good.

09-12-2009, 01:11 PM	#5
Firebird Rising Rose Garden Encircling Mountains Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: High above a great and beautiful canyon in a Golden State city... Posts: 19,063	Re: Can you help me out with a crockpot dinner idea? You've gotten some good ideas so I wanted to first address the pre-cooking of the beans. You don't have to. For our beans (we make them anywhere from 2-3 times a week), we just put the beans in (after rinsing them) and add boiling water and set to cook on high. I've always been told NOT to add salt during the cooking process, that the beans will retain a bit of crunch. So I always add them once they're cooked. We always add a chopped onion to the pot when we start it up and sometimes some minced garlic. Now, we also do garbanzos the same way and let me tell you. There is NOTHING like crockpot garbanzos. They are like butter. I DO put salt in them in the beginning. I just do what I'm told by my grandma who is the bean queen. Oh, garbanzos. I need some. They are magnificent. HTH and makes it simpler for you. Jen D. __________________ *Привет! Меня зовут Джен!* Hi! My name is Jen! May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks - Gandalf

09-12-2009, 04:26 PM	#6
mama-hobbit Deactivated Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 4,709	Re: Can you help me out with a crockpot dinner idea? She said what I was gonna say!

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