"For dinner on hot, summery nights, my goal is to minimize my time in the kitchen and avoid turning on my stove. After starting my rice cooker (filled with brown rice, of course), I put a package of A Dozen Cousins Cuban Black Beans ($6) in a pot, then whip up a salad. It's a wonderful plant-based dinner, full of flavour and fibre, and so very easy to make." — SM