Impressed

I came home from work to this…

Black Beans and Rice

adapted from the food network

Ingredients:

1 cup brown rice, uncooked

2 1/4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth

1 tablespoon grapeseed oil

1 small onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tsp dried oregano

1 zucchini diced

1 stalk celery, finely diced

1 large carrot, finely diced

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes

1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed

2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro leaves

Directions: Place rice and vegetable broth in a saucepot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook rice, covered, until tender and all the liquid is absorbed, 45 minutes. Remove from heat, uncover, and fluff with a fork. Heat the oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook until onions are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, oregano, celery, carrot, zucchini, cumin and chili flakes and cook, stirring occasionally, until carrots are tender but not mushy, about 6 minutes. Stir in black beans and cook until just warmed through, about 1-2 minutes. Plate hot rice in a serving bowl and top with black bean mixture, garnish with cilantro and serve.

My wonderful chef decided to fix me dinner tonight, pretty amazing right? AND even better, he fixed dinner using up what we had in our dwindling grocery stash!

I’m a pretty lucky girl. This meal was soo amazing and full of flavor, needless to say I was quite impressed

Most of the work was done by the time I got home, but I was able to snap a few photos of the action. Cook your rice and saute the vegetables in grapeseed oil, stir in herbs, add black beans and serve!

I still cant get over how delicious this meal was. The vegetable broth gave the rice so much flavor and the addition of fresh cilantro really brightened up the dish.

We added hot sauce for a little extra heat

simply amazing!

Dessert was granny smith apples drizzled with honey and topped with dark chocolate, not the most attractive dessert but it was delicious as well, I really can’t complain.

Speaking of amazing desserts, my newest obsession: dark chocolate, Artisana coconut butter, and Barney Butter crunchy, OMG i’m smitten. Seriously. Try it.

Time to get back  to work on my maternal nutrition take home test. I have spent 8 hours on it so far and am only about halfway done this class is exactly why I am NOT going to grad school! Boo for studying on a Saturday night! At least there is lots dark chocolate and green tea involved

Questions:

What did you do today? I studied, worked, ate a fabulous dinner and am back to studying woooo!

Latest food obsession? For me it changes weekly but I would have to say this week its been DARK CHOCOLATE, barney butter and coconut butter oooh yeah! I tested out this combo on my oats yesterday and it was divine…

Have a great night!