I have decided that the more ingredients I use, the more I win at cooking.
...Okay, I haven't actually decided that.
But look at this!
Okay, so this time I used brown rice, navy beans, carrots, onions, celery, garlic, salt, pepper, and a bit of rosemary in two cans of Swanson chicken broth (which I got on sale for 88 cents a can), then added frozen peas at the end (since apparently those get kinda yucky if you try to slow cook them). I presoaked the navy beans last night so that they would be nice and soft. They've been in there for almost three hours, and they are now ready to eat.
My house smells awesome, btw.
So here's how it turned out: It tastes really good. But unfortunately, I just didn't use enough rice. There's too much liquid - which I'm trying to remedy right now by letting it cook on high with the lid off for a while - and the proportion is too much on the vegetable side. And furthermore, some of the beans are not as soft as I want them to be. But okay, so, honestly I think this still counts as a win, because yum, and healthy, and protein, and making use of really inexpensive vegetables. Next time I'll try and err on the side of too much rice.
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