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Fresh Bread!
Thank you Judith Anne!
You are very welcome. One of the best meals I’ve ever eaten is
Bean and Rice Soup
Wilted Spinach w/Bacon
Homemade Bread
Wilted Spinach w/ Bacon recipe:
Fry two strips of bacon till crispy, crumble, set aside.
To bacon grease in fry pan, add 1/2 finely chopped onion and stir-fry until browned. To hot onions in pan, add 4 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, and quickly bring to simmer. Pour over very fresh spinach leaves, top with crumbled bacon and serve.
You can substitute field greens (nasturtium leaves and flowers, dandelion leaves, turnip greens, plantain leaves, very young poke leaves), alternately red lettuce, bibb, or other salad greens. Looks especially beautiful with thinly sliced radishes on top of the whole thing.
For the soup, I use 15 bean soup (recipe on the package, under $2), but instead of adding a can of stewed tomatoes to the recipe, I use salsa. Spicy! :D Then, I add rice at the end to cook with the onion, this makes a complete protein (beans and rice).
The best thing about this menu is that field greens can be found almost anywhere, and are very nutritious. Nasturtium leaves and flowers are slightly peppery and delicious, and nasturtiums will grow on muddy gravel, I swear. Wash everything you pick very well, of course.
It’s really cheap, nourishing, easily available food, if you are willing to cook a bit. Leftovers save well, too.