**Vegan**
We have a lot of tomatoes. It's tomato and pepper season for our CSA and we have to get creative. I went to the store Sunday morning to pick up muffins and fruit for breakfast at the park for Doris and two of her best friends Owen and Raiyan and while there I picked up two boxes of Rice-o-Roni Spanish Rice. I remember last year making this with fresh yellow CSA tomatoes instead of canned and it was amazing, so much better than what it usually is. I didn't know it could taste this good, and this is my favorite rice. So I thought this would be a good way to use up some tomatoes.
I made the Spanish Rice with 2 cups tomatoes, 1/2 cup white onion, and 1/2 cup green pepper and it was the best I'd ever tasted. I was afraid to add all of those fresh veggies to such a wonderful tasting box mix but wow, so much better. Will definitely be making that again because it uses tomatoes and peppers!
For a side dish I made a vegetable medley and just through in whatever I had - zucchini, carrot, white onion, green pepper, tomato and seasoned it all with cumin and chili powder to give it a Spanish flavor. I also served one box of Quorn chik'n nuggets.
Doris helped cooked. Now she wants to do so every night. It slows me down a bit because I have to let her help and also keep her from getting hurt, but we both really enjoy it. She didn't eat the vegetables, but loved the rice and nuggets. She ate 7 nuggets - she really likes those things.
Rice $1.50
CSA veggies $2
Nuggets $5
Total: $8.50 ($2.83 per person)
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