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This easy rice bowl comes together in a flash! This fast dinner stars black beans and veggies with zingy cilantro lime ranch sauce.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Every time we ask readers what they want, we get a similar answer. Fast and easy dinner recipes! Essentially, you don’t care how basic it is. You just want easy, healthy ideas to get food on the table. So here’s one to file under dinnertime basics: this Easy Rice Bowl<\/strong>! This 30 minute dinner features these easy black beans<\/a>, a trick to make a bland can of beans taste amazing in 5 minutes. Pair it with rice and colorful veggies. The kicker? A zingy cilantro lime ranch<\/a> that you’ll want to bathe in. These were so tasty and easy, we knew we had to share (we simply inhaled <\/em>them).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another variation: <\/strong>Make our Shrimp Bowls<\/a> with cilantro lime rice<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to make rice: our favorite methods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The longest lead time on a rice bowl is cooking the rice. So get that started first! You can use any variety of rice you’d like. We like cooking rice on the stovetop, but a pressure cooker also makes quick work of it. You can also make the rice in advance and reheat it before serving (instructions below). Here are our favorite methods for cooking rice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n