Quinoa and Black Bean Salad

Who knew quinoa could taste this good? I got this recipe from here

Ingredients

1 teaspoon vegetable oil

1 onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped

 3/4 cup uncooked quinoa

1 1/2 cups vegetable broth

 1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

 salt and pepper to taste

1 cup frozen corn kernels

 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained

 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Directions

Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion and garlic, and saute until lightly browned.


Mix quinoa into the saucepan and cover with vegetable broth. Season with cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes.


Stir frozen corn into the saucepan, and continue to simmer about 5 minutes until heated through.

Mix in the black beans and cilantro.



I made this recipe twice. Both times I added some chopped black olives and the second time I added avocado which just made it so much better! This recipe is a keeper!

With some avocado

Mung Bean Curry

I've never tried mung beans before but they were really easy to cook with and have an interesting taste. For this quick curry I fried some onions, added some spices and then some cooked mung beans together. Then I added some coconut milk. Not bad.

Disaster!

I have grown to love chickpeas and I wanted to try to make some patties today. My idea was to boil the chickpeas, mash them up (using a blender), add chopped onion, chopped mushroom, freshly grated ginger, garlic, hot sauce, mint, oregano, rosemary and some lemon juice to them, mix everything up and shape them into patties. So far so good.

When I started to lightly-fry the patties, everything fell apart, literally. I tried again and the same thing happened. While I was frying the "patties" the mint smelled so nice so I tasted the crumbled mess and discovered it was actually really, really good! 

I actually have no idea what to eat this with but it tastes good! I'm going to attempt the patties again some day!

Chickpea Curry

I've been feeling kind of blah for the past few weeks. I realize it's because I've been eating more meat than I'm used to so I decided to take a break from meat for a while. I tried out this new recipe.

I pretty much followed the recipe but I added some chopped mushrooms while the curry was cooking, and some hot sauce too. Also, near the end of the cooking, I added about 50g of creamed coconut. I also prepared my beans from scratch.

Verdict? I love it! I'm going to make this for my family, I know they will love it!

Turkey and Black Bean Chilli

 I am going to be incredibly busy this week so I decided to make a batch of chilli to freeze. Turkey is supposed to be healthier than most other meats. Also, I love black beans! I had never had them before I underwent the Daniel Fast. I didn't think any bean could surpass kidney beans. I was so wrong!

Recipe here

I added sliced mushrooms and a cup of frozen vegetable mix instead of the zucchini. I didn't have any tomato paste so I didn't use any. Also, I added hot sauce instead of jalapenos. It tasted awesome! I froze individual servings in ziplock bags.