Sweet potato and rhubarb soup; red bean and black rice salad with spinach and orange peppers

Sweet potato and rhubarb soup.

1 medium sweet potato peeled and diced.
2 stalks of rhubarb diced.
2 cups vegetable broth.
1 tablespoon of garlic.
1 teaspoon of ginger.
1 half teaspoon of chipotle (or to taste).
Sea salt to taste.
Minced cilantro for garnish.

Rhubarb and sweet potato complement one another very well. The rhubarb works a lot like tamarind in this recipe. With some heat from the chipotle, this soup has a lot of flavour.

Red bean and black rice salad with spinach and orange peppers.

2 cups cooked red beans
2 cups cooked forbidden black rice
2 orange peppers diced.
3 cups packed spinach minced.

Dressing:
1 heaping tablespoon of white miso.
1 heaping teaspoon of hazelnut butter.
Juice from three small limes.
1 small teaspoon of ginger.
1 tablespoon of garlic.
Sea salt and black pepper to taste.
2 tablepoons of evoo/flax oil.