Cooking Vegan With Ruth

               Being limited ingredients and on a budget I have to find ways to create meals that will taste good and I don't mind having every once in awhile. We are homeless and rice and beans are out go to ingredients when we don't have a lot to spend so here are two ways of making rice and beans. They add flavor and creativity as to the types of ingredients you can use or mix up... Enjoy!                                  Ingredients  Box of rice check directions on how to cook for microwave. Average time is about 5 to 6 minutes for this brand. It's from Target and the cost is $1.39 We use tortillas from Target it's about $2.19 As of recently this was $.99 and now it's one of their top sellers again at Target for $1.19 Avocado prices vary depending on where you buy them from right now the price on these is $.89 at Target  Again at Target for $2.99. I ...

One of my favorite things to snack on is hummus and ever since I became Vegan it's been our go to food. Homemade is always BETTER but I have to work with what I have. There are so MANY different brands out there that only a couple have become my favorite. The flavors I love is the regular and roasted red pepper flavor. Not really a fan of the garlic one. I find it upsets my stomach no matter the brand. Hummus is amazing to eat with everything not just veggies. In a typical middle Eastern dish you would eat it home made ofcourse with a drizzle of olive oil and some pine nuts in the center and red pepper flakes sprinkled around. You would typically eat it with pita 🫓 bread but I don't always have the ability to get pita bread we use tortillas and we make hummus wraps out of them. Ingredients  Tortillas are just as good as pita bread  Sorry for the quality of the picture but this is the classic hummus and a target brand.