Ok - so far, our meals have been going great this week. It has been so nice to know what I am going to make and have all the ingredients on hand to make it - it really takes the stress out of dinner time for me. Oh...did I say I have had ALL the ingredients I needed? Well I sent my man to the grocery store for me (thank you, honey!) and I accidentally forgot to specify pinto beans w/o pork. So I got pinto beans with pork for my taco soup - I opened them up and they looked like refried beans - so after conferring with my friendly neighbor (Joc) - I used another can of kidney beans instead. I was pretty proud of myself for using up part of an onion I had used for the steak marinade last week as well. It is really hard for me to use up all the little odds and ends leftover from other meals without it going bad and throwing it away. I think (as for cooking and other things in life) I am my own worst critic - either that or my man is really easy to please. Probably a little of both...
So my question to everyone is...I have an opened can of pinto beans seasoned with pork - any ideas for what I could make with it instead of tossing it in the garbage can?
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If it really is like refried beans, you could do a 7-layer dip, or a mexican tostado or quesadilla. You know, tortilla with cheese and beans, heated up in the oven (or stovetop!) and served with salsa. My mom used to make those for me.
Oh Jess, that is really funny! Glad to hear I'm not the only one who has made that mistake. : ) Sorry, but I don't have any great suggestions. When I opened up the can of pork pinto beans that one time, it smelled awful (could have been a bad can or just not what I was expecting), so I have a hard time coming up w/ an alternate use. But hopefully someone will have an idea b/c I have a feeling I might get another can w/ pork again some day when I'm in a hurry in the store.
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