I can’t believe we are half way through January already. How are your New Year’s resolutions holding up? One of the most common resolutions is to eat more healthily. And that often entails preparing meals from scratch rather than eating out, as cooking your own meals makes it much easier to control both the quantity and quality of the food you eat. While we all start out the New Year with the best of intentions, hurdles are inevitable. But you can overcome them by being a little strategic about it. The hurdle I most often hear about is time and/or lack of interest in cooking. So the strategy here is to have a few quick, easy-to-make recipes using foods that are readily at hand in your pantry. That’s why I chose this Spicy Black Bean Burrito Bowl as the recipe to share this month.
It’s perfect because it:
- is made from pantry staples,
- takes no time (or skill) to prepare,
- can be easily scaled up,
- keeps well,
- can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner,
- is a very warming and satisfying dish on these cold winter days, and
- goes great with non-alcoholic beer, for anyone participating in Dry January (and if you are, be sure to have a look at my previous post for some extra motivation and tips).
The other great thing about this Spicy Black Bean Burrito Bowl is that it contains half (or more) of your daily fibre requirement. This is something many of us fall woefully short of. And doesn’t everyone love Mexican food?
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