Meat-free Recipe - Discover How To Make This Hearty Cajun Red Beans And Rice Dish

As a vegetarian, foods that you need to eat to ensure you have a healthy and balanced vegetarian diet, may become boring and bland if you don't know what to do with them. Take beans for instance. Beans are a great source of protein and are a low fat food, but if you do not have very good recipes to spruce up your bean recipes, you may stop consuming them all together. Here is a delicious and basic Cajun Red Beans and Rice vegetarian recipe that is loaded with flavor. All you need are a handful of ingredients as well as a large pot or crock-pot and you will have a hearty vegetarian meal that you'll absolutely enjoy.

Meatless Cajun Red Beans and Rice Recipe

Ingredients:

·2 quarts of water

·1 large chopped onion

·6 mashed garlic cloves

·4-5 vegetable bouillon cubes (this all depends on your sensitivity to salt and taste preference)

·1 tablespoon of  Tamari (optional)

·1 tablespoon of Liquid Smoke

·3 tablespoons of chili powder

·1 tablespoon of ground cumin

·1 tablespoon of ground coriander

·½ teaspoon of cayenne pepper

·2 cups of  TVP

·1 cup of brown rice

·2 cups of dried red beans, rinsed

Directions:

1. Turn crockpot on and set to “low.” Add the water, chopped onion, garlic cloves, bouillon cubes, tamari, liquid smoke, chilli powder, cumin, corander, and cayenne pepper. Stir until the bouillon cubes are dissolved.

2. Next, add the TVP, brown rice, and dried beans, stir and cook on “low” for 6 ½ hours.

By: Ebony Johnson

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