Beans with leg ham

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I've signed myself up for 1-2 a month, and am giving myself leeway for 'things i haven't cooked since 2018' (especially if that's because I haven't gluten-free-ified them).

In the first of the 'not since 2018' endeavour, I made a variation on Jack Monroe's Peanut butter granola, with a mix of soy flakes, flaked buckwheat, amaranth, and puffed rice. I think next time I won't use the organic puffed rice for the peanut butter one - I have since found regular gluten free rice crispies, which would go better with the smaller flakes of the other grains. I had the mix in the oven at 180 with muffins, which was a mistake - I think I remember finding that even with oats it worked better at 150, and the amaranth grains burn really easily. Having scraped off the top, though, it's not bad. And I have a couple of ice cream containers of the soy/buckwheat/amaranth mix stored away for further granola adventures.

New to me, from Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Variations on 'Bacony Beans With the Works' (I impulse bought another small roll of leg ham, you see; and see no point making tortilla chips when I could just make burrito/taco/things)

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Recipe: Bean Salad Wraps

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I'm on afternoons this week, so I decided to make a lunch type food this time.

( bean salad wrap recipe )

I used Dempsters Ancient Grains tortillas, a jalapeno pepper, original Miracle Whip, and added abput two tablespoons of onions (because I had them in the fridge and needed to use them).

All in all, it was a pretty tasty mix. A little spicy but not overly so, and I think the onions played well with the other ingredients. I could definitely taste the "greeness" of the cilantro, so if you don't like that flavour, I advise leaving it out. I wasn't sure if Miracle Whip would work for this purpose, but it blended well with everything and I think the lime juice helped keep it from being too heavy.

This recipe was good as is, but it is fairly basic, so I imagine it would hold up to experimentation rather well. I'm happy I decided to make it, and it may be a good one to keep in the back of my mind for when I want something easy to make and relatively healthy.