Hi - I just thought I'd tell you what I've been doing when I'm not in the mood to cook a suitable starchy carb for a meal and don't feel like a slice of bread or ryveta. I cooked a batch of mixed beans - kidney (white and red) black turtle and garbonzo - and keep them in the fridge. Its very easy to add a couple of spoons of beans to a salad or even just have the beans alone with a bit of dressing, they can even be plunked into a soup. If stored in a tupperware type container beans last at least a week in the fridge.

Of course you have to like beans to do this