Internet Recipes

Internet recipes are a gamble. Sometimes they’re really great. Sometimes they appear to have been added by someone who… well, doesn’t cook.  I thought I’d do a blog “series” on internet recipes that I’ve tried that we really like. It’ll be a short series. Not because there’s not a lot of great ones out there, but because I haven’t actually tried that many.

“Yellow Rice Salad with Grilled Capsicum and Spicy Black Beans” is one of our favorites. It came from a very brief phase when I thought we would eat vegetarian one night a week to promote health and weight loss. Most of the other vegetarian things I tried we didn’t like, but this one stuck. The boys love it. It’s got a lot of fresh flavor from the cilantro, green onions, and green pepper. I do modify it of course – sometimes I have all of the produce on hand, sometimes I don’t. Mostly I always substitute lemon juice for the fresh lime juice called for (Ummmm, I NEVER have a lime on hand). And, since we don’t like spicy, I just entirely omit chillies of any kind.

This recipe was nice when it was 106 degrees outside because I could do the cooking part (the rice) in the morning when it was still marginally cooler, then refrigerate it until dinner time.

Also, it’s rather pretty, with the bright yellow rice and colorful reds and greens amongst the shiny black beans. If you’re looking for a cool, somewhat cheap, Mexican-style meal with a lot of colorful veggies – this is your dish!