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So the latest favorite two dishes around here (except for the four year old) are potato skins and a "one pot wonder" that I made up. It is nameless. The poor dish doesn't even deserve a place in a recipe book. Come to think of it, I rarely use a recipe book. 

I'm all about healthy, comforting, delicious, frugal dishes of goodness. I threw this pot together one evening when t cupboards were bare and the pocket book felt thin. And the most frugal detail about this is that I used black beans that I cooked myself and froze. It felt amazing to do that. So amazing I felt I must sure be ready to partake of communion.
You need to eat this dish with tortillas dipped in hot oil just long enough to brown, but not long enough to turn really crispy. Just long enough to enjoy that deep fried taste. Welcome those marching little calorie devils. & btw- the picture is not my creation.

1 cup of rice. Browned 

add water 

chicken/tomatoe stuff or chicken stuff w half a can of tomatoe paste

Simmer until rice is done, then add

1 can of Costco chicken (or if you were lyndsey, you would use a can of great value canned chicken boob pieces for like $3. Or if you were me, you would take from my American stockpile of great value canned breast pieces. Tell me, why do cringe when I re-read that sentance?!)

1 cup of black beans drained & rinsed

Half a can of diced tomatoes with olive oil & garlic (PC brand)

1 cup corn

Heat through & supper is served!

Then there are the fabulous, crispy, crunchy, cheesy, bacony, potato skins. The ultimate of deliciousness. We just ate them tonight, actually. Eat them dipped in "Yum Yum" sauce along with a (diet) pepsi and you are flying high. I browsed on Pinterest and came up with my own way of making these babies to suit our fancy.

any potatoes Will do.
Bake
cool
Cut in half
Scoop out
Turn halves upside down on a greased cookie sheet
brush w oil
Sprinkle with salt
Bake at 450 for 20 minutes
turn taters right side up
Lightly salt again
Fill with cheese
Sprinkle with bacon bits
Broil until cheese is melted
Take them out and sprinkle with onion greens
Eat. Lots.