1 food 5 ways, Navy Beans, Way #4: Breakfast Scramble

One of my favorite easy meals to eat pre-vegan was egg scrambles. I can only assume I'd love tofu scrambles too. But, since I can't have that, what to do? I do consider navy beans to be the tofu of beans. So...it was a natural jump. This may seem pretty simple to some of you, but it actually took me until this year to realize I could make a scramble out of navy beans. If you haven't tried it yet, do it! It's totally yum!

You can put whatever you want in it, but I'm a one scramble kinda girl. In fact, I fancied it up a bit for you by actually using onion and garlic this time. It was good, I think I'll add it to my usual. Of course, the likelihood that I'll ever measure it again is pretty slim.

I call it a breakfast scramble, but I eat breakfast for lunch and dinner too. Eat it whenever you want. Call it whatever you want. It's ok by me.

Here it is pictured with my latest failure of a biscuit. Biscuits seem to be my arch nemesis. But one day, maybe I'll get it. Finally, the flavor was decent, but they were a crumbly mess.

But I digress... Don't let the scramble's homeliness fool you, it's tasty!

Breakfast Scramble

Ingredients:

1 tsp extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup chopped onions

1/2 tsp crushed garlic (approx equiv 1 clove fresh)

1-1/2 cups navy beans

1/4 cup water

1/2 tsp black salt, plus extra for sprinkling at the end

1/2 cup large dice tomatoes

1 cup loosely packed spinach leaves, chopped

1/8 nutritional yeast

freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions:
Heat olive oil in skillet over medium heat. Add onions and saute until translucent, 3-5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for another minute. Add beans and water. (The water is useful for keeping the beans from sticking, for making the beans a little creamier and making a bit of a sauce with the nutritional yeast). Add in the 1/2 tsp black salt and mix throughout the beans. Cook for a minute or two until about half of the water has cooked out. Add tomatoes and spinach and stir to combine well. Cook for a minute or so until warm throughout. Stir in the nutritional yeast until well mixed. Sprinkle on any additional black salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste. Eat up!