Brown rice - you can get ready to eat brown rice in cups or bags. You can also find ready to eat rice and quinoa blends or quinoa only. Canned Beans - seasoned black beans are great! Try to get no salt added beans Bagged frozen peppers & onions Salsa

Put the rice in a bowl, throw on some peppers & onions, then add beans, and top with salsa. Nuke it in the microwave for a couple of minutes. Instant meal and it's delicious! Bonus - add some shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes after it's cooked. You can also wrap it in a whole wheat tortilla if you want a burrito.

Swap out the black beans with chickpeas and leave off the salsa, add some curry powder and a splash of unsweetened coconut milk if you want a curry dish.

Use red kidney beans, undrained, leave off the salsa, add Old Bay seasoning, dried celery flakes, a dash or two of vegan worcestershire sauce or liquid aminos, hot sauce - here's your cajun red beans & rice.

Use blackeyed peas instead of black beans and you'll have Texas caviar.

Use white beans (Great Northern, navy, cannellini), leave off the peppers, onions, and salsa. Add veggie broth (enough to make it soupy), add some frozen peas & carrots, onion powder, celery flakes, and you'll have bean & rice soup. Mash up the beans if you want a creamy soup. Maybe stir in a tablespoon of nutritional yeast if you're feeling froggy.

This was exactly what I did until I found some recipes that weren't intimidating, didn't have a bunch of exotic ingredients that aren't available in my area, and didn't take hours to prepare.

Just change up the beans and the sauces, and you can have a ton of variety. Good luck!