simplest one dish meal ever

this is what i used, but you can mix it up and add whatever you have, especially some spices would be good... i just dont have any. more vegetables would be good too.

kidney beans (i bought a bag of them dried and soaked and cooked them over two days, then froze them in serving sizes more appropriate for my needs. works better than a can. and much less expensive).

canned tomatoes (i used canned whole tomatoes cause i got them really cheap, but i like the diced ones too. mostly i just like them to be no salt added).

red potatoes

onion

garlic

brown rice

i cooked the brown rice in juice drained from the tomatoes. it was a bit salty - these tomatoes already had salt in them but i forgot and added some more. just eating the rice by itself was way too salty, but when it's done, it is tasty. i also threw some garlic in there when the rice was cooking.

in a frying pan i put in chopped onion, kidney beans, and tomatoes. after that was hot and it was almost ready to serve i put in the rice. then i put in the red potatoes, which i cut up into small bite-sized pieces and cooked in the oven at 350 for about 25-30 minutes. i salted them a bit and drizzled a little olive oil over them.

then i mixed it all together!!

this is good plain, or if you are feeling fancy add some shredded cheese, or add some more vegetables. i tend to make one dish and eat it all week, so it helps to have a bit of variety. (last week was sweet and sour chicken, this week is rice&beans. the sweet and sour chicken i was eating all last week was not the chinese restaurant version i posted pictures of, but rather one i made at home with vegetables and pineapple [more than one piece per item, haha...], and not deep fried chicken) I'm thawing some more beans to add in because I really like kidney beans and right now the other stuff:rice ratio is about 50/50 and I like more stuff than rice.

Mmmm it would be so good with some black beans.

Or if you aren't vegetarian, some chicken or something.