I have been in the kitchen since noon. The beans.

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I had some black beans and an awesome recipe an old friend gave me of the caraotas negras (black beans as they call them in Venezuela). This is part of the tradicional Venezuelan dish, pabellón criollo. The black beans I just finished cooking could have been made by a Venezuelan chef. They are delicious! The Venezuelan dish has 4 parts, so to say. The beans are one, white rice is another and then there´s a schredded meat and fried bananas. But I only made the beans and I had some rice. That was more than enough to make me very happy. And I made enough to either eat that for some days or to freeze part of it and be happy later. Now I´m in my bed again. I´m mylotting and resting after this wonderful dish. The empty dish is at my side and I have to go to the kitchen to, at least, soak it. I bought a small piece of cheese from Holland and I´ll eat a bit as a dessert. I asked for grapes but they didn´t have it at the supermarket. What have you done today, friends? Thinking about my dish, this,too, can be called frugal. The black beans were given to Leticia by the government during the pandemia. She once saw a soap opera in which only slaves ate black beans. So she is not eating them. NO COMMENTS!!! It was her loss and my gain. I love them. And they are more expensive than other kinds of beans. So my delicious dinner only cost me the rice (around a small cup of cooked rice) and some leeks that were part of the veggies and spices that were needed. I had all the rest.