Decided to have a go at making my own "refried beans" this morning (old el paso style, and not really fried)
And surprisingly - it turned out really well. Spices used were onion powder, roughly half of that amount in garlic powder, salt, chili, cumin seed powder mixed into water and used to boil some (pre-soaked) pinto beans, which I then mashed in a blender and boiled most of the water off.
So, rice, "refried beans", cabbage and bit of oil this morning for breakfast. Delicious.
I think I could survive in Mexico at least insofar as food goes.