black beans, bananas, and pork

(feeds two, with enough left overs for one lunch. dinner should take 30 min.)

Set a cup and a half of white rice to cook.

black beans and banana stew

1 can of black beans
1 large, fairly unripe banana
1 tbsp chopped cilantro
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1/2 red onion
a bit of olive oil

Over medium heat, add the olive oil to a 3 qt saucepan. Chop the onion and stir until the onion starts to become translucent, 3 minutes or so. Add the can of black beans, and slice the banana into the saucepan. Mix well, and add cilantro, salt, and pepper. Keep on the heat for 20 minutes, until the banana is soft and the flavor permeates throughout the black beans.

pork chops

3 pork chops

Put very little olive oil in a frying pan and turn the heat to medium high. Cook for 3 minutes on each side or until the pork chop is still slightly pink at the center.

apple and walnut spinach salad

1 apple
1/2 cup walnuts
4 cups spinach
olive oil, salt, and pepper to taste

Chop the apple. Quickly crumble the walnuts with your hands. Mix the salad and season to taste.



time

1. T-40: Set the rice
2. T-30: Set the saucepan for the stew, with oil on the stove.
3. T-29: Chop the onion and add it to the saucepan.
4. T-25: Add the black beans, banana, and everything else.
5. T-20: Make the salad
6. T-10: Cook the porkchops.
7. dinnertime: Remove the porkchops from the stove and serve.