Wednesday 7 October 2009

Rice and Black Beans


Sounds simple and it is but sooo good. Plus you get a lot of raw in this plus the added complete protein of rice and beans! Black beans are my favorite bean for this but you could use pinto or something similar.
8-12 oz of cooked black beans and most of it's bean juice
1 cup of brown rice
2 cloves of garlic
1 table spoon of cumin seeds
sea salt
chili powder
1/3 red or green bell pepper

for the garnish
lettuce
olives
grated cheese or nutritional yeast
lime
sliced red pepper
avacado
fresh salsa (see my salsa recipe)
dollop of greek yogurt is good as well


First get your rice on. I always use 1 cup of rice (rinsed) to 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and then turn down to really low. Get a small pan and heat a little bit of oil on of your choice on med. Add the 2 whole cloves of garlic to this oil and cook for a bit until a bit soft. Then throw in your spices and salt. Mash the garlic at this point or take out the cloves if you don't like too much garlic. Add chopped red pepper as well and cook for a few minutes and then add the beans and bean juice. Simmer until the rice is done. Add them together and add the garnish. Squeeze lime over it all and serve.

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