Curried chick peas, sweet potatoes and green chard w/black rice

Curried chick peas, sweet potatoes and green chard (garlic, ginger, tuermic, coriander, chili paste, vegetable stock, peanut butter, lemon juice) with black rice.

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.

Red beans and black rice with peppers, mushrooms and vegan chicken in a pomegranate, chipotle and espresso gravy

Lunch 20 May 2007.


Red beans and black rice with peppers, mushrooms and vegan chicken (Yves) in a pomegranate, chipotle and espresso gravy (pomegranate juice, espresso, chipotle, garlic, evoo/flax oil, lemon juice, vegan chicken stock).

Roasted spinach and pineapple salad; blood orange broccoli, tofu and red pepper stirfry with forbidden black rice

Dinner 1 May 2007.



Roasted spinach and pineapple salad dresed with evoo and flax oil, sea salt and chili.
Blood orange broccoli, tofu and red pepper stirfry (blood orange juice, sea salt, garlic, chili, black pepper, sesame oil, corn starch) with forbidden black rice.

Collard green, sweet potatoes and vegan chicken in a spicy peanut butter sauce with black rice

Collard greens, sweet potatoes and vegan chicken in a spicy peanut sauce (scallions, chili, black pepper, white pepper, lemon juice, palm oil, peanuts, turmeric, garlic, cardamom, cumin and ginger) with black rice.

The aperitif was a screwdriver.
The wine was D'Arenberg's Darry's Original.

Sweet potato and collard green curry with forbidden black rice

Dinner 11 March 2007. Sweet potato and collard curry (sweet potatoes, collard greens, tomatoes, cumin, turmeric, red chili flakes, curry leaves, garlic, black pepper, sea salt, vegetable stock, white wine) over forbidden black rice.

Wine: Sonop Organic Terroir Shiraz