What is WIC?

WIC stands for Women, Infants, Children. It is a government nutrition program that babies, children, and pregnant or breastfeeding women may qualify for based on income. Through WIC, participants have available to them a wide variety of nutritious foods completely free!

Why Blog?

If you are anything like me, WIC foods just left me confused and bored. Seven hundred peanut butter sandwiches later, I decided to put my noggin to work to try and come up with a solution for the four pounds of corn tortillas laying to waste in my refrigerator. I figured I can't be the only one with this problem, so I decided to blog about it! Most of these recipes will include SOME non-WIC foods, but anything that you can typically get for free with WIC will have an asterisk (*) by it. If anyone has any ideas they would like me to post, please send them to me via the comment form on the individual blog entry pages!

Remember...

Legally, you can only EAT your WIC foods or THROW THEM AWAY. Legally, you cannot DONATE them to a local shelter or pregnancy care clinic, SHARE them with a friend, or MAKE ART projects out of them....

Friday, April 9, 2010

Seasoning your pinto beans

here's how I made my beans...

ingredients:
dried pinto beans*
garlic*
green onions*
seasoning, herb blend, and black pepper
oh and water of course!

1. soaked them overnight 10-12 hours in enough water to cover plus an inch.
2. rinsed well and add to crock pot with amount of water specified on bag.
3. added a dash or two of an all purpose herb blend, a few sprinkles of salt free seasoning, a handfull of chopped green onions (2 or 3 bulbs, washed and chopped), four garlic cloves, and a couple or few dashes of black pepper. not real specific, as your seasonings will depend on your family's preference.
4. cook on high for 8-10 hours

voila, easy, healthy, and free thanks to WIC!
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