My friend, “Rice and Beans” is a figure of speech. I would say that we went rice and beans when we were climbing out of the pit, the truth is I hate beans and hardly every eat them. However, the point of the expression is to shop wisely for food. Today, the two of us eat like royalty on less than $200/week. If we had to, we could do it on $100/week. Again, rice and beans is an expression not a menu.
Rice and beans combined is a complete protein.
Confine SNAP to those 2 items and watch the obesity levels go down.