Rice & Beans

One of my favourite meals in the world is rice and beans. I don't know if I still make it exactly as my grandmother taught me – thus faithfully replicating the Dominican style – but I do know that it tastes incredible. Also, it is black and white, which is my favourite colour combination.*

Cut an onion into little bits, sauté it in olive oil in a little pot, add a bunch of chopped up garlic, then pour in a can of black beans (Unico brand is what we use). Mix and cook that stuff on medium-low heat for like twenty minutes or until the beans aren't hard. Add 3/4 teaspoon of salt (or until it tastes good), a puff of cumin, and then throw (a small portion of) this bean mixture on top of a pile of white rice.

*It is not coincidental that this is the official Deep Madder meal.